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McDonald's is set to tug on the heartstrings of Christmas fans all over the country by unveiling its annual TV advert that focuses on an important message for families during the festive season.

Oscar-winning screenwriter of The King’s Speech, has passed away aged 86.According to his manager, Seidler died in New Zealand on Saturday (March 16) during a fly fishing trip.“David was in the place he loved most in the world – New Zealand – doing what gave him the greatest peace, which was fly fishing,” Jeff Aghassi said. “If given the chance, it is exactly as he would have scripted it.”Seidler won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his work on the 2010 film, which depicted King George VI’s journey to overcoming his stammer on the eve of World War II.Seidler himself had a stammer as a child, and was inspired by the King’s story of how he overcame his speech impediment.Upon accepting his Oscar in 2011, Seidler said: “My father always said to be I’d be a late bloomer.

Alex Ritman It’s been almost 12 years since the release of “Les Misérables,” Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the hit musical and a triumphant follow-up to the director’s 2010 Oscars-dominating smash hit “The King’s Speech.” It was a film that earned more than $442 million globally and saw Anne Hathaway famously declare “it came true” after winning the Academy Award for best supporting actress. It’s also been almost five years since Hooper’s most recent feature, “Cats,” an expensive adaptation of another hit musical that didn’t quite land with the same splash. But as a remastered “Les Misérables” heads back to U.K.

Extremely devastating news: MGM and United Artists Releasing Distribution Boss Erik Lomis has died suddenly at his home in Santa Monica, CA, we have learned from sources. No details were provided in regards to his death. Lomis was a towering figure behind many filmmakers’ hits including those from Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam McKay, Sylvester Stallone, Ryan Coogler, David O. Russell, Lee Daniels, Tom Hooper to name a few and most recently Michael B. Jordan with Creed III.

Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman are joining the fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy, ET has exclusively learned. The two actors, who are married in real life, will play “a mild-mannered married couple named Jean and Gene, who are college professors,” Mullally told ET’s Will Marfuggi while attending the premiere for Party Down season 3 on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman are joining the fourth and final season of, ET has exclusively learned. The two actors, who are married in real life, will play «a mild-mannered married couple named Jean and Gene, who are college professors,» Mullally told ET's Will Marfuggi while attending the premiere for season 3 on Wednesday in Los Angeles. «I mean, the deal's not quite closed but let's just pretend it is,» she said, revealing they start filming «in a couple of weeks.»The revelation comes after reported rumors that the two former stars were joining the Netflix series and are among several new roles being added to season 4.

Eddie Redmayne doesn't think he has made "many" films that are "great". The 40-year-old actor - whose extensive career has seen him recognised with an Academy Award, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA , and two Laurence Olivier Awards - insisted he hasn't done that well in his work and even as a student at Cambridge alongside the likes of Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens and Tom Hiddleston, he always found his own performances lacking. He told The Times' Saturday Review: “The aspiration is always to make a great film and I don’t think I’ve made many of those.

Academy Award-winning The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper has been blocked by the UK government from re-appointment to the Channel 4 board, along with Althea Efunshile, the board’s only person from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background.

Boots has launched its official campaign for this year's festive season, which includes their Christmas advertisement video.Titled 'Bags of Joy', the video sees Boots collaborate with Academy Award-winning director Tom Hooper, best known for Les Miserables and The King's Speech.The well-known high street store has opted for a stunningly captured three minute long ad, which follows a woman called Joy, played by BAFTA nominated actress Jenna Coleman.The former Emmerdale and Doctor Who star takes

Ready, set, Christmas! There might be weeks to go until the big day but the first of the cheer-inducing Christmas adverts has landed so you might as well go ahead and just stick your decorations up now.

Cats, stating it was responsible for him buying a dog.Directed by Tom Hooper, Cats was panned by critics upon release for its bizarre CGI feline makeovers and oddball casting, which included James Corden, Jason Derulo, Dame Judi Dench, Taylor Swift and Jennifer Hudson.After previously branding the film adaptation “ridiculous” shortly following its release, Lloyd Webber, who created the original Cats musical, has taken aim at the film once again.Speaking to Variety, Lloyd Webber said: “Cats was

Jennifer Hudson has reflected on her experience filming director Tom Hooper’s feline musical Cats, admitting some of the ‘digital fur technology’ came as a surprise.Released in 2019, Cats became a notorious meme fever dream blending Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, James Corden and Dame Judi Dench in questionable digital cat outfits.Anchoring the film was Hudson, who played Grizabella and performed the show’s biggest track ‘Memory’.

Remember “Cats“? The big-budget adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical that became part of our collective nightmares the moment the first trailer came out? Though the film was neither the critical nor a commercial success that director Tom Hooper intended, probably no one was as disappointed with the film’s failure than singer and actor Jason Derulo, who was convinced the movie was “gonna change the world.” READ MORE: Andrew Lloyd Webber Really Didn’t Like James Corden’s “Unfunny”

Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s support of the 2019 star-studded adaptation.Speaking to The Sunday Times, the 72-year-old England native slammed director Tom Hooper’s take on the Broadway hit. “The problem with the film was that Tom Hooper decided that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show,” Webber said in the interview posted on Sunday, August 2.

. “The problem with the film was that Tom Hooper decided, as he had with Les Mis, that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show," Lloyd Webber says of the Oscar-winning director. «The whole thing was ridiculous.”The film, which starred Idris Elba, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench, James Corden and more, was widely panned by critics.

Even Andrew Lloyd Webber isn’t a fan of “Cats”.

Cats.The 2019 film, which featured an all-star cast made up of Idris Elba, Dame Judi Dench, Taylor Swift, James Corden and Rebel Wilson, was panned by fans and critics alike upon its release.In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Lloyd Webber said: “The problem with the film was that [director] Tom Hooper decided that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show.”He added that “the whole thing was ridiculous.”It’s not the first time Lloyd Webber has spoken out

The cat didn’t have his tongue.

A lucky escape?

Hugh Jackman revealed he turned down a role in 2019′s viral movie musical Cats.

A new interview details the fallout of the #ReleaseTheButtholeCut scandal

Passing the time! Seth Rogen got high and watched Cats for the first time — and he live-tweeted the whole movie.

The 2020 Golden Raspberry Awards, known as the Razzies, still announced their winners (or losers depending on how you look at it) on Monday despite the ceremony being cancelled.

Taylor Swift nearly landed a role in the 2012 film "Les Miserables."

Dame Judi Dench’s hand is one of the things that has been edited out of the new version of Cats, which was rushed to cinemas over the weekend.

The star-studded film adaption of Cats has been savaged by critics.

Cats director Tom Hooper told the packed audience at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York on Monday night (Dc. 16) that he'd just completed the highly anticipated movie at 8 a.m.

Director Tom Hooper reveals that the hugely negative backlash made them have a rethink.