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In defense of Love Actually, for the people who are tired of the endless backlash

Clémence Michallon leads the backlash to the backlash, seeking to defend ‘the most repellent festive film ever made’

The Independent UK

‘I love writing for children’: Emma Thompson and Axel Scheffler on their amazing shaggy dog story

The Oscar-winning actor and the Gruffalo illustrator have teamed up to create a tale about a scruffy hound. They discuss corgis, comic books and how their friendship began

The Guardian - UK

Why does everyone love to hate Love Actually?

Over the years, Richard Curtis’s schmaltzy holiday romcom has become our go-to seasonal whipping boy. Get a grip, writes Jessie Thompson – no one ever said ‘Love Actually’ should be a manual for a life

The Independent UK

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Love Actually: What the actors have gone on to star in, from Harry Potter to The Queen’s Gambit

The romcom’s stars have appeared in major franchises from Harry Potter to Pirates of the Caribbean

The Independent UK

Mary McNamara: 'Love Actually' is like fruitcake: love it or hate it (and I choose love), it's here to stay

It's that most wonderful time of the year again, when, a full month early, Michael Buble breathes holiday tunes down the neck of every supermarket shopper, the local Christmas tree lot springs from the mulch of the local pumpkin patch and people start getting very heated about "Love Actually."

Los Angeles Times

Love Actually: Richard Curtis says Alan Rickman was driven ‘insane’ by one particular scene

Late actor starred as Harry, husband to Emma Thompson’s Karen

The Independent UK

Richard Curtis admits parts of Christmas classic Love Actually 'feels out of date'

The award-winning British screenwriter said there were moments of the film that were now “bound to feel out of date”

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Where the Love Actually cast are now - family tragedy, Hollywood gigs and singing careers

As the cast from Love Actually reunite for the hit film's 20th anniversary, we take a look at what the cast did after the movie - and what they are up to now

Daily Mirror

Where are they now? Love Actually cast to reunite in special

Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are among the stars reuniting to celebrate Richard Curtis’s 2003 film, Love Actually

Evening Standard

Emma Thompson thinks your heart is stronger after being ‘broken 10 times’

‘There’s something about the scar tissue that makes it stronger,’ actor said

The Independent UK

Richard Curtis: lack of diversity in Love Actually makes me feel a bit stupid

In a TV special marking the festive romcom’s 20th anniversary the director says ‘some moments … feel out of date’

The Guardian - UK

Matilda the Musical on Netflix – release date, cast and everything you need to know

A new version of Roald Dahl’s classic tale is coming to Netflix this festive season

Manchester Evening News

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical review – immensely enjoyable reworking of the stage hit

Newcomer Alisha Weir and a game Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull excel in Matthew Warchus’s highly stylised screen adaptation

The Guardian - UK

Love Actually cast set to reunite 20 years on: Where are they now

The cast - including Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Billy Nighy, and Laura Linney - will come together once more.

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Ireland Christmas TV guide as TG4 confirms line-up of festive movies including all-time classics

TG4 have just released the lineup of films they'll be showing over the holidays and there are a few Christmas crackers in store. Which ones will you be watching this year?

The Independent UK

Matilda the Musical review: A frothy, whimsical delight

The musical of Roald Dahl’s classic book is so intrinsically British it will soon be absorbed into the Paddington cinematic universe

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Stale Take: I Won’t Be Hearing Any Love Actually Hate This Year From Anyone, Even Hugh Grant

We’ve already decided that you’re well within your rights to start celebrating Christmas as of now. So go nuts and hang your decorations, pump the Mariah Carey bangers and pop on iconique Christmas flicks. But what you’re not within your rights to do is hate on the masterpiece that is…

Evening Standard

Love Actually’s Emma Thompson recalls Hugh Grant’s hilarious reaction after seeing film for the first time

Diane Sawyer interviewed the cast in a forthcoming 20th anniversary special set to air on ABC later this month.

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Manchester Evening News

Love Actually stars are reuniting for one-off 20th anniversary special

Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are among the actors returning

The Independent UK

Emma Thompson recalls Hugh Grant’s amusing first reaction after watching Love Actually: ‘Did I say that?’

Actors appear in a 20th anniversary special for the romcom

Wales Online

Love Actually cast to reunite for 20th anniversary special

It will examine how the Covid-19 pandemic “refocused the ways we love and connect”

Edinburgh Live

The Harry Potter love triangle after affair broke up 'golden couple' cast members

It might have been a little awkward on set after an affair during another iconic film saw two Harry Potter actors divorced, with another duo starting off a new relationship.

Evening Standard

Tim Minchin on Upright season two, Matilda the Musical and fame: ‘I’m deeply anti-pop culture’

‘I’d be good as a comic baddie, some f**king quirky anti-superhero’

Glasgow Live

Christmas is fast approaching and soon it will be December 25. But until then, we have a list of the most popular festive movies and it turns out they're a classic for a reason.

Los Angeles Times

Emma Thompson was ‘utterly, utterly blind’ to ex-husband Kenneth Branagh’s affairs

Nearly 30 years after the breakup of her first marriage and almost 20 years into her second, actor-writer Emma Thompson admits she suffered from passing blindness many years back.

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