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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to “Wicked Little Letters,” a stranger-than-fiction mystery comedy starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley. The movie, directed by “Me Before You” filmmaker Thea Sharrock, had its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. “Wicked Little Letters” will debut in theaters sometime in 2024.

Giovanni Pernice appeared to deliver one last blow after Amanda Abbington's sudden and unexpected exit from Strictly Come Dancing. The professional dancer, 33, was already said to be "annoyed" by how the Sherlock actress, 49, went about deciding to quit the hugely-popular BBC One competition.

Long before she became one of the most popular and well-known presenters on This Morning, Josie Gibson found TV fame in an entirely different way. The Bristol-born star was the first housemate to enter the Big Brother house in 2010, and her down-to-earth attitude and a sweet romance with Aussie housemate John James Parton won her legions of fans - leading her to be crowned the winner of the series.

Richard Curtis is looking back at his early films like Bridget Jones’s Diary, Notting Hill and Love Actually and regretting he was not “ahead of the curve” in terms of the jokes and portrayal of women.

Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham literature festival and they looked back on the hit romance flicks.Curtis expressed remorse for his fat jokes, saying: “I remember how shocked I was five years ago when Scarlett said to me: ‘You can never use the word ‘fat’ again.’“Wow, you were right. In my generation, calling someone chubby [was funny] – in ‘Love Actually,’ there were jokes about that.

Bridget Jones’s Diary and Love Actually.The director and screenwriter expressed regret over decisions in his previous films during an appearance at The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival where he was interviewed by his daughter Scarlett.During the interview Scarlett raised that there had been “growing criticism around the ways your films treated women and people of colour”, citing descriptions of Bridget Jones as having “tree-trunk thighs” and the lack of diversity in 1999 film Notting Hill (“one of the birthplaces of the British black civil rights movement”).In response, Curtis said: “I think because I came from a very undiverse school and a bunch of university friends, I think that I hung on to the feeling that I wouldn’t know how to write those parts. I think I was just stupid and wrong about that.“I felt as though me, my casting director, my producers just didn’t look outwards.”Speaking specifically about fat jokes, Curtis said: “I remember how shocked I was five years ago when Scarlett said to me, ‘You can never use the word ‘fat’ again.’ Wow you were right.

Movie Week is done and dusted and what a spectacle it was, but this weekend on Strictly Come Dancing, the 13 remaining couples will once again be vying to impress the judges with their routines and you - the voting public.

Strictly Come Dancing fans have been losing their minds as they were given a massive clue about this weekend's group routine. It's Movie Week in the ballroom this Saturday night (October 7) as the remaining couples in the BBC One dance contest perform to different film tracks.

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Angel, Sarah Bridge, Iain Cooke and Catherine Grieves, four of the UK’s most esteemed film and TV music supervisors, have banded together to launch 45 RPM, a music supervision collective that will be a “one-stop shop” for creatives. 

As the Harry Potter films once again return to our screens this week, countless fans have been hit with a wave of nostalgia over the magical film series which dominated the lives of many 90’s and 00’s kids growing up. But one star of the franchise who continues to surprise fans at home with their real age, is Moaning Myrtle star Shirley Henderson, who despite playing a ghostly teen on screen, was actually in her mid-thirties while filming! Well known for her petite stature and youthful face, Shirley easily looks decades younger than her true age, 57 - and has had no shortage of varied roles over the years thanks to her versatility and finesse on screen.

We are absolutely over the moon for Renée Zellweger!! Uhhh, we think. Or, you know what, maybe not?

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Bridget Jones actress Renée Zellweger has been pictured for the first time with her boyfriend Ant Anstead's teenage children, as the foursome posed in formal attire. Renée, 54, looked incredible in a skintight sparkly gold dress as she posed alongside partner Ant and his son Archie, 16, and daughter Amelie, 19.

Christmas Actually is coming to London.

Hugh Grant is one of the greatest rom-com heroes of our time, having starred in Bridget Jones’s Diary, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and more. He’s also a king of the period drama, making his big-screen debut in the 1987 Merchant Ivory classic Maurice before charming Emma Thompson in 1995’s Sense and Sensibility.

flip phones, tramp stamps, low-rise denim and an unfortunate case of body shaming.Back then, Kate Moss chic was in — if you weren’t sickly thin, you were considered egregiously plus size, even if you were barely midsize — and millennials will never forget how the body standard scrutiny maimed their formative years.On Twitter, users have dug deep into their pop culture psyche to regurgitate the regrettable remarks about celebrities made by commentators and media alike, rebuking mainstream fatphobia.“If gen-z wants to understand millennials they first need to understand that for the entirety of 2008 we were told that this was the most disgusting a person could EVER look,” tweeted Caroline Moss alongside a photo of Jessica Simpson in 2009.At the time, Simpson was crucified as “Jumbo Jessica” for her curvier appearance.

EastEnders actor Paul Nicholls, who played the popular Joe Wicks on the BBC soap, is barely recognisable 25 years after his dramatic exit from Walford. The 44 year old star has taken on a new role in a BBC children's drama series Phoenix Rise.

Cheska Hull has opened up about her engagement to her fiancé Damian Crook after the pair met during the school run.The former Made In Chelsea star, 38, shared that she feared her "Prince Charming" would never arrive, in part due to how show producers portrayed her as an unlucky-in-love Bridget Jones type of character.The former reality TV star quit the show in 2014 and welcomed her son Charlie back in 2017, who she shares with ex-boyfriend Tom Huggett. She is now engaged to carpenter Damian, after Cheska met the dad-of-three during the school run.

Sam Faeirs has shared that she was left emotional after jetting off on a work trip to New York without her children.The former TOWIE star, 32, took to her Instagram Story to share a snap of Heathrow Terminal 5, to which she added the text: "A big moment for me with my business @revivecollagen ps first flight alone for a very long time without my babies or anyone - flying solo. "This is going to be very strange." She then shared a second snap as she watched Bridget Jones while on the plane, which she captioned: "Paul send me a voice note of Edward saying mum mum mummm it went on for about 20 seconds...

Frankie Goes To Hollywood biopic is in the works, and will feature It’s A Sin star Callum Scott Howells.Just a few days since Frankie Goes To Hollywood reformed for the first time in almost four decades, it has been announced that they will be the subject of a new biopic, titled Relax.Named after their 1983 hit single, the movie is being developed by UK production companies Working Title (Bridget Jones, Les Miserables) and Independent Entertainment, and will be based on the memoir from frontman Holly Johnson, A Bone In My Flute. It has also been confirmed that it will star It’s A Sin breakout start, Callum Scott Howells, as the band’s leading man.Producers include Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Luc Roeg, and the film was written by Bernard Rose — the director for the original ‘Relax’ music video, as well as the 1992 horror Candyman.“Frankie Goes To Hollywood were an unflinching ground-breaking band that paved the way for so many young performers today,” said Roeg of the upcoming project (via Deadline).

Amazon Prime Video this month. May will see the streaming availability of the 2022 films “She Said,” “Violent Night” and “Till” on Prime Video, while the beloved (and short-lived) TV series “Freaks and Geeks” will be streaming on Amazon starting May 4.We’ve also included everything new to Freevee, which includes the first three “John Wick” movies, “Scarface” and “The Usual Suspects.”Check out the complete list of everything new on Amazon Prime Video in May 2023 below.Arriving May 1MasterChef Mexico S1-4 (2015)A Beautiful Mind (2002)Amistad (1997)Babe (1995)Babe: Pig In The City (1998)Babel (2006)Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)Biker Boyz (2003)Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)Blue Crush (2002)Blue Crush 2 (2011)Bound (1996)Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004)Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)Carrie (2002)Coneheads (1993)Dallas Buyers Club (2013)Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: You Are Special, Daniel Tiger! (2012)Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: Daniel Visits A New Neighborhood (2022)Darkest Hour (2017)Dinner for Schmucks (2010)Drillbit Taylor (2008)Europa Report (2013)Failure to Launch (2006)Fatal Attraction (1987)Fletch (1985)Fletch Lives (1989)Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)Get Him to the Greek (2010)Ghost Town (2008)Gunfight at the O.K.

James Argent 'Arg' beamed and showed off his film figure during a luxurious trip to Abu Dhabi with his mum, Patricia.The former TOWIE star, 35, who dropped 13 stone following a gastric sleeve procedure two years ago looked happier than ever as he soaked up the sun with his beloved mum.The duo indulged in some delicious delicacies, drank cocktails at a beach club and looked as though they had the time of their life as they lived it up in the United Arab Emirates.The now wedding singer took to Instagram to share a sweet video montage of the mother and son trip where Arg wrote the caption: "Abu Dhabi has been a dream and I’m so grateful to have shared this adventure with my lovely Mum". In the video that showed highlights including a hilarious trip to a waterpark and plush meals at an East Asian restaurant, Arg added: "Precious memories that I will cherish forever, She deserved this more than anyone.There were many Bridget Jones moments & We didn’t stop laughing, Pure happiness x." He also went on to thank The St.

Toni Collette almost could have been Bridget Jones in the Bridget Jones’s Diary films.

Really Good, Actually has the laughs-per-minute rate of the funniest TV comedies, probably because it’s written by Monica Heisey, a TV writer who’s written for Schitt’s Creek. This book is wildly relatable in the way that so many books try to be and fall short of: “The only activity that has ever really interested me is sitting around with my friends in flattering lighting, eating food and talking about our feelings,” says Maggie, our heroine, early on. This is a novel about divorce written with the humor of a standup comic; it’s moving and transporting and portrays single, straight women with refreshing nuance.

Everyone has regrets. But if you’re a film star like Hugh Grant, your regrets keep reappearing on TV as a reminder.

The grumpy to her sunshine. Drew Barrymore came to Hugh Grant’s defense after the actor received negative backlash for his recent interview with Ashley Graham.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the trampy heroine of any modern female-slanted romcom must make Bridget Jones look like Grace Kelly by comparison. And while Leah McKendrick’s feature debut offers more caustic com than rom, it leans hard into the legacy of Helen Fielding’s famously underachieving singleton. Since then, we’ve had Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids and Sophie Hyde’s Animals, and Scrambled certainly belongs in that more riotous subgenre of movies about women behaving badly.

EXCLUSIVE: Roadside Attractions has snapped up North American rights to the comedy My Happy Ending, toplined by four-time Golden Globe nominee Andie MacDowell (Maid). 

Over the 5-day Thanksgiving stretch, Netflix’s one week sneak preview of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery buried all new and old major studio adult counterprogramming with an estimated $13.3M over 5-days for what is projected to be a $15M first week by Tuesday.

Universal/Working Title’s Ticket to Paradise has winged past the $100M mark globally. With Tuesday’s grosses included, the Julia Roberts/George Clooney romcom’s split is $20.6M domestic and $81.9M from the international box office for a worldwide total of $102.5M so far.

EXCLUSIVE: Almost 50 years after the release of Robin Hardy’s horror classic, Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s The Imaginarium and Studiocanal-backed Urban Myth Films are turning The Wicker Man into a TV series.

EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway in the UK on feature Wicked Little Letters, which reunites Oscar winner Olivia Colman with her Oscar-nominated Lost Daughter co-star Jessie Buckley (Chernobyl).

Pregnant Mollie King appeared on Thursday's Lorraine to discuss her new TV series Beauty And The Geek with co-host Matt Edmondson. During the interview, Mollie, 35, spoke about her pregnancy after announcing in June that she is expecting her first child with fiancé Stuart Broad.

Schitt's Creek, sayonara The Notebook. If you've got a free weekend coming up, these are the Netflix titles to binge, because next month, they're disappearing from .

Julia Roberts and George Clooney landed at the top of the international box office chart this weekend as Universal/Working Title’s Ticket to Paradise expanded its offshore rollout. Adding 39 markets for a $12.1M session in 46 lifted the overseas cume to $14.8M with several majors still to come; domestic begins on October 21. Collectively, the new markets this session performed above Last Christmas and Yesterday, and in line with The Lost City and Bridget Jones’s Baby. 

Among the floral tributes and well-wishes shared to mourn the tragic passing of the late Queen Elizabeth II, an unlikely figure has emerged as a symbol to mark the monarch’s life. As people across the world reflect on the Queen’s best moments as Britain’s longest serving monarch, many have remembered the sketch she took part in with Paddington Bear to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee.

In the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Universal has chosen to delay the UK release of the Julia Roberts/George Clooney romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise “out of respect to the Royal Family.”