Manori Ravindran International EditorEmma Thompson says the physicality of her performance in “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” pushed her into uncharted waters as an actor learning to accept her body on screen.In the Sundance-premiering movie, which enjoys its European bow at the Berlinale on Saturday night, the British actor plays widow and former teacher Nancy, who has stepped outside her comfort zone for the first time in her life by hiring a sex worker, the titular Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack).Asked candidly during a Berlin press conference about a key scene where Nancy stands unmoving in front of a mirror, the 62 year old spoke passionately about the challenge of delivering an “untreated body” in a movie.“It was hard,” said Thompson solemnly. “This is homework for all of you. We’re only used to seeing bodies that have, you know, been trained … I knew that Nancy wouldn’t go to the gym.
Supermarket law change will affect anyone who shops at ASDA, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons, Tesco, M&S or Sainsbury's
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From tomorrow, every single supermarket in England will be affected by a new law coming into place.
As of January 27, shoppers in England will no longer be required by law to wear a mask in stores.
From Thursday, January 27, it will be up to individuals to decide if they wish to wear a mask or not, as was the case in 2021 before the measures were announced in November due to the Omicron threat.
Businesses can set their own rules - you will likely see posters on walls in some saying they require customers to still wear masks - but supermarkets that have confirmed their policies say they will be following Government guidance, meaning shoppers will be encouraged, but not required, to wear a face covering.
The six major supermarket chains let customers make their own choice after restrictions were lifted in England last year, before being brought back under Plan B.
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Plan B will no longer apply from Thursday, which means businesses in England are free to set their own policy on wearing masks.
Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, said retailers, in general, will be asking customers to "be considerate to those around them when choosing whether to wear a face covering and to respect the decision of other customers".
The laws are different in Wales and Scotland, where required mask wearing will continue.
Supermarket chain Aldi has not yet confirmed what its policy will be on masks. It is most likely they will follow the advice of the British Retail Consortium, and encourage shoppers to make a considered choice on wearing face masks and when, but it won't force customers to
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Even in its truncated virtual Covid-afflicted form last year, the Sundance Film Festival was remarkably able to debut several movies that a year later we are still talking about in the Oscar conversation including CODA, Jockey, Passing, Flee, and Mass. Maybe this success was due to the fact they all had one word titles, but more realistically it was because despite all the drawbacks, the fest honchos picked very well and now awards voters are enjoying the riches. As I have been seeing one film after another in this year’s (virtual) fest I find myself looking for that breakout movie or performance which with the right distribution we will be talking about still a year from now. There have been some promising performances so far from the likes of Julianne Moore, Bill Nighy and a couple still to come later, but the wow factor really hit me in seeing Emma Thompson in the British film Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, premiering today at Sundance, where to put it mildly, she knocks it out of the park. This is Thompson at her best, a witty, dazzling. and above all brave performance that will undoubtedly be talked about. Her co-star Daryl McCormack in this two-hander is equally good in the movie which centers on a 60ish widowed mother of two and religious studies teacher who hires a sex worker for a tryst in a hotel room. It is much more complicated than that, in this story of two disparate souls who come together, one full of anxiety and past regrets, the other professional to his core but with a guard he will not let down and a line he will not cross.