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© Bang Showbiz Lenny Henry The charity telethon - which was founded by Sir Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis - encourages people to send their support by selling their signature red noses, but they will now be made from bagasse after hundreds of school children from Fourlanesend Community Primary School in Cornwall wrote to the founders about using plastic. Red Nose Day is the highlight of Comic Relief, which aims to raise money to help those suffering from poverty.

Naman Ramachandran “Love Actually” director Richard Curtis will headline a webinar on Oct. 1, co-hosted by the Royal Television Society and green charity Global Action Plan.The event, titled “Making a Drama Out of a Crisis,” aims to offer new insights into what youth audiences want to watch.

Naman Ramachandran Award-winning actors Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman, and theater producer Francesca Moody (“Fleabag”) have created the Theatre Community Fund to support theatrical artists and professionals whose livelihoods and creative futures are threatened in the wake of COVID-19.The fund has raised £1 million ($1.3 million) so far from founding donors who include Gillian Anderson, Richard Curtis, Tim Bevan, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Daisy Ridley, Danny Boyle and Andrew Scott, among many

British filmmaker Richard Curtis — best known as the screenwriter of hit rom-coms Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually and Notting Hill — and Disney heiress Abigail Disney are among a list of 83 millionaires who have signed a letter calling for governments to increase taxes on the wealthy to help fund efforts for a recovery from the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Bridget Jones and Yesterday screenwriter was asked if he looks at his movies in “a different light” given the context of the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements of the last few years.The multiple award-winning director, producer and writer told the BBC‘s Newsnight programme yesterday (July 1) that he would “write different movies now” and that the world is “recalibrating” because “the old ways won’t quite do”.“I think things do change and that is what is exciting about a moment like this.

Normal People likely made you believe in love again—or, at least, —before promptly tearing your heart out.

Matthew Freud and Richard Curtis have said that corporations and advertisers are in positions of privilege that mean they can lead the way on cultural change quicker than governments. PR guru Freud said “government is, depending on your view, slow, it’s accountable very rarely … whereas companies demonstrate their incredible ability to move quickly”.

Normal Peoplewill be returning to screens this Friday (June 26) for Comic Relief.Stars Paul Mescal and Daisy-Edgar Jones will return, alongside director Lenny Abrahamson for two one-off specials on RTÉ Does Comic Relief in Ireland.Comic Relief co-founder Richard Curtis explained what fans could expect. “There’s a beautiful piece called Normal Older People, which is imagining what would have happened to Marianne and Connell 40 years from now,” he told RTÉ Radio 1.

Normal People fans are set for a treat this week as the popular BBC Three show is returning for two specials. Comic Relief co-founder, writer and director Richard Curtis revealed the news while speaking on RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday with Miriam.

Sundays with Miriam, Richard Curtis let fans know that he had seen a clip from Friday’s upcoming show, and that Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal will be making an appearance.

Richard Curtis and Danny Boyle‘s “Yesterday,” a sci-fi romantic comedy about a world where no one remembers The Beatles, was a hit when it came out in theaters last year, but many critics noted that the film never lived up to its initial concept. It turns out the original script that became “Yesterday” was a darker and much better film, that is until Curtis came along, changed it and then took all the credit for the story.

Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney both previously expressed their admiration for the film

Love Actually filmmaker Richard Curtis, who never lacks for Red Nose Day star power, found the pandemic only boosted the fundraising telecast’s celebrity quotient.Actors, musicians and comedians idled by social distancing proved eager to take part in NBC’s sixth annual Red Nose Day Special, which airs 9:00-11:00 p.m. EST Thursday (May 21) with songs, sketches and short films about the children and charities that will be aided by donations.

Anna Kendrick has “absolutely no guilt in the guilty pleasure” of her new HBO Max series “Love Life,” which marks her first dive into episodic TV.

Carey Mulligan is showing new sides of herself.

It takes guts to admit you were wrong — especially when you have been so right, so often.

When it comes to Christmas movies, Keira Knightley is stumped as to why her vintage flick, Love Actually, has become a holiday mainstay.