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In a TV special marking the festive romcom’s 20th anniversary the director says ‘some moments … feel out of date’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

Hugh Grant calls Love Actually scene 'excruciating' as film celebrates 20th anniversary

Hugh Grant has revealed how he really feels about the iconic Downing Street dance scene in Love Actually as the Christmas film celebrates 20 years since its release

Daily Mirror

Richard Curtis says lack of diversity in Love Actually makes him feel ‘uncomfortable and a bit stupid’

‘My film is bound in some moments to feel out of date,’ said filmmaker

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‘Richard Curtis on steroids’: Hugh Grant thinks Love Actually is ‘a bit psychotic’

‘You have to remember that when he writes about love, he means it,’ actor said

The Independent UK

Hugh Grant admits he 'hated' filming Love Actually's famous Downing Street dance scene

The actor has joined co-star Emma Thompson and writer Richard Curtis to reminisce about the festive classic on its 20th anniversary

Wales Online

Hugh Grant says he tried to get out of filming ‘excruciating’ Love Actually scene

‘I saw it in the script and I thought, “Well, I’ll hate doing that”’

The Independent UK

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

Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are among the actors returning

Manchester Evening News

Love Actually cast to reunite for 20th anniversary special

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

Wales Online

Ryan Reynolds to appear at Just for Laughs comedy festival at O2 London

The festival will celebrate 40th anniversary in 2023 with London shows featuring the actor talking to Rob Delaney, plus host of standup acts

The Guardian - UK

Credits roll on Richard Curtis’ time in Notting Hill as he and Emma Freud reported to have sold family home

The couple are believed to have accepted an offer for the end-of-terrace property they’ve owned for almost quarter of a century

Evening Standard

The People We Hate at the Wedding review – a tepid glass of nuptial chardonnay

This laugh-free US-UK culture-clash movie focuses on preparations for a wedding in London and makes you appreciate the alchemies of Nancy Meyer and Richard Curtis

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m sold’: Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell excite fans with tap dancing skills in new Christmas film trailer

Forthcoming comedy puts a musical spin on Charles Dickens’s classic, ‘A Christmas Carol’

The Independent UK

From Blackadder to Blackstuff to Blobby: 100 years of the BBC, part seven

Some of the greatest ever TV airs, Saturday nights get a Crinkley Bottom takeover – and the new comedy royalty are crowned

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Romance blooms for pair who met in queue to see the Queen lying-in-state

Jack Ciuro and Zoe bumped into each other in the queue to pay their respects to the Queen lying in state. They immediately clicked and their romantic chat passed the time before arriving at Westminster Hall

The Independent UK

‘Queue-pid’: Strangers meeting in queue to see the Queen spark romantic movie comparisons

The pair found they had ‘loads of things in common’ while waiting in line

Daily Mirror

Inside the queue - bowing dogs, free pizza, fainting and tears for Her Majesty

The Queue has become a national obsession - with thousands queuing, even more watching it online and some very sweet gestures to the dedicated mourners

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ll do for Bury Park what Richard Curtis did for Notting Hill!’: a tour of Luton’s Muslim district

Leading a group of visitors around the neighbourhood I grew up in seemed a good chance for me to build trust between communities. But gut-wrenching memories kept coming back

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The Independent UK

Frances de la Tour reflects on ‘odd’ decision to cut gay scene from Love Actually

Harry Potter actor originally shared a moving scene with Anne Reid

The Guardian - US

What’s Love Got to Do with It? review – slick Richard Curtis-esque Britcom

Toronto film festival: Shekhar Kapur returns with a solid cross-cultural attempt to recall the heyday of Working Title rom-coms

Daily Mirror

Richard Curtis and Emma Freud devastated as fire destroys roof and bedroom of seaside home

Broadcaster Emma Freud took to Instagram on Thursday to reveal the extent of the damage after 'a grim few days' which saw a fire take home of their Suffolk home

Evening Standard

All My Friends Hate Me movie review: Cult status awaits Tom Stourton’s dark ‘Evil Richard Curtis’ comedy

If you view Richard Curtis movies as evil, you’re going to absolutely love this

Daily Mirror

Sylvester Stallone and Hollywood legend had 'fist fight' over Princess Diana amid feud

Elton John claimed he saw the A-list actors scrapping at his dinner party because they were both taken with Princess Diana - and their feud has lasted for decades

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve seen bedsheets with my face on them’: Thomas Brodie-Sangster on obsessive fans, Love Actually and the Sex Pistols

The actor became famous at 13 in Richard Curtis’s yuletide romance. Now 32, he talks about playing Malcolm McLaren, the success of The Queen’s Gambit and coming to terms with not playing Ron Weasley

The Guardian - UK

Books by women that every man should read: chosen by Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Richard Curtis and more

Studies show men avoid female authors. Ahead of the Women’s prize for fiction, chair of judges Mary Ann Sieghart finds out why – and we ask male authors to redress the balance

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