60 m. ago Jill Freud death: Love Actually actor who inspired Narnia character dies, aged 98

Actor and theatre director lived with ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ author CS Lewis after being evacuated during Blitz

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78 m. ago 'Alternative' Netflix Christmas film featuring Disney star has fans 'so excited'

If you're bored of the likes of Love Actually and The Holiday though, you're in luck, as this week Netflix is releasing an 'alternative' Christmas film starring a former Disney star

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80 m. ago ‘Extra challenging during a difficult time’: Robert Redford’s daughter criticises AI tributes to the late actor

Amy Redford thanks fans for ‘love and support’ but takes issue with ‘AI versions of funerals, tributes and quotes from members of my family that are fabrications’Robert Redford’s daughter Amy Redford has criticised the proliferation of artificial intelligence tributes to her father, who died in September, calling them “fabrications”.Redford posted a statement on social media in which she thanked fans for their “overwhelming love and support”, adding: “It’s clear that he meant so much to so many, and I know that my family is humbled by the outpouring of stories and tributes from all corners of the globe.” Continue reading...

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84 m. ago The one change that worked: I was trembling with anxiety when I found a fun, free way to get calm

I can’t dance. Not even a little bit. But the terrible moves my friends mock are an antidote to the racing heart and quivering breath that arrive in my more anxious momentsThe first time I started dancing at home was a happy accident. I’d just had a terse conversation with an ex, and my body was reacting in its usual way: racing heart, quivering breath and trembling fingers. I needed to calm down. Looking around for quick fixes in my flat – my bed, some stale chocolate digestives and a packet of cigarettes – I settled on the kitchen radio, which had been humming faintly in the background all morning.Tuned to BBC Radio 6 Music, it was playing a disco track I didn’t recognise. But the beat was steady and intermingled with the sounds of tambourines, synths and drums. I turned up the volume, and then my body was moving: limbs swinging, feet tapping, hips wiggling. I continued into the next song, leaning into the feeling and becoming more animated to the sounds of another upbeat 70s trac...

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1 hour ago Love Actually star Jill Freud dies aged 98: Acting legend's family pay tribute to 'feisty' great

Actress and producer Jill Freud has died at the age of 98.

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2 h. ago Celebrity chef dies as Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson lead moving tributes

Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson are among those who have paid tribute to celebrity chef and food journalist, Skye Gyngell, who died just days after her mother passed away

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2 h. ago ‘A Thanksgiving classic’: why Stuck in Love is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their all-time favorite comfort films is a 2012 indie romcom that begins and ends on the November holidayI’ve watched this movie almost every November for about the last 10 years. It’s something of a rarity, a film about Thanksgiving, celebrating the awkward in-between holiday in a sea of clearcut Halloween and Christmas classics. Stuck in Love is an indie romcom from 2012, the directorial debut of writer-director Josh Boone, who would later go on to make The Fault in Our Stars. It boasts a stacked cast featuring Greg Kinnear, Lily Collins, Nat Wolff, Jennifer Connelly and Logan Lerman (and smaller roles for Kristen Bell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Glen Powell, as well as a cameo from author Stephen King).The movie follows Bill Borgens (Kinnear), an unhappily divorced novelist who fosters his two teenage children’s literary ambitions by encouraging them to write – though he hasn’t written in years since becoming a divorcee – while he obs...

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2 h. ago Love Actually star and 'inspiration' behind Narnia dies as tributes pour in

Actress Jill Freud, who shared some of her teen years in the company of famous author CS Lewis, started her career on the West End before branching out across Hollywood

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2 h. ago Gamers find love online, marry over video call and welcome first baby

Lewis and Ameila Relfe overcame a distance of 3,653 miles to be together

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3 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka Márquez shows off his rippling six

Now the father of two young children with the former Hollyoaks actress, Márquez admits it was a shared passion for personal fitness that drew them to one another.

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3 h. ago Game of Thrones actor on 'really challenging' film role as Scottish Tourette's activist

Reach Screen Time spoke exclusively to Game of Thrones and The Rings of Power actor Robert Aramayo about his most challenging role to date

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4 h. ago Horror movie star and Call of Duty voice actor Udo Kier dies at 81

Comedian and actor Dane Cook took to X to pay tribute to "one of the funniest people [he's] ever met."

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5 h. ago Monkey soulmates and extraordinary talent: the man Charlie Chaplin called ‘the greatest actor in the world’

Michel Simon, who steals the show in Jean Vigo’s 1934 masterpiece L’Atalante, was a soft-faced, gravelly voiced clown capable of tremendous pathos – and total chaosJean Vigo’s L’Atalante, his poetic and surreal 1934 romance about a young couple living on a canal barge, is one of the most beautiful, sensual films of all time. Dita Parlo and Jean Dasté play the newlyweds getting awkwardly accustomed to married life in close quarters, and their love story shapes the film. But it’s their bargemate, the uncouth Père Jules, played by Michel Simon, who steals the show: a well-travelled sailor speckled with tattoos, standing guard over a cabinet of risque and macabre curiosities, whose cabin teems with cats every bit as unruly as he is.The Swiss actor Michel Simon was one of the most distinctive presences in 20th-century French cinema: a soft-faced, gravelly voiced clown capable of tremendous pathos, and true chaos. Charlie Chaplin called him “the greatest actor in the world”. He worked wit...

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6 h. ago "This is the One": How Mani's love of Manchester United shaped his life and career

'My dad wanted to call me Matthew Busby but my mum put a kibosh on that'

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6 h. ago Udo Kier is dead at 81 after prolific career starring in classic horror films

German actor Udo Kier, who worked with Andy Warhol and Madonna, has died at age 81. Kier passed away on Sunday morning, his partner Delbert McBride shared.

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6 h. ago Princess of Wales calls for end to ‘stigma’ around addiction

Forward Trust patron says ‘compassion and love’ is needed to end fear and shame felt by those affectedThe Princess of Wales has called for an end to the “stigma” surrounding addictions, saying the experiences of those dependent on drugs, alcohol or gambling are “shaped by fear, shame and judgment”.Catherine, who is a patron of the charity Forward Trust supporting recovering addicts, said more open conversations were needed to bring the issue “out of the shadows” and for society to show “compassion and love” to those affected. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Film critics are great – and insufferable – because they’re human. AI critics are nothing

Artificial intelligence has given rise to a new breed of movie pundit – one that gloms onto consensus opinion and regurgitates rote praise. Xan Brooks looks out at this new frontier of film criticism and despairs

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6 h. ago Udo Kier dead: Call of Duty voice actor and horror movie star dies aged 81

Udo Kier, the German actor who appeared in everything from arthouse films to Hollywood blockbusters, has died at the age of 81, according to reports

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6 h. ago Maria Shriver pens moving message supporting 'extraordinary' cousin Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, following her devastating cancer revelation

Maria Shriver has penned a moving message praising her cousin Tatiana Schlossberg, who just announced her battle with terminal cancer at age 35.

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7 h. ago Udo Kier dead: Horror movie star and Call of Duty voice actor dies at 81

Udo Kier’s path into film was unpredictable. A chance meeting with director Paul Morrissey on a plane led to roles in Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula

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