52 h. ago Film Club: Aimee Lou Wood’s fantastical romcom is part Mike Leigh, part cosy family sitcom

The White Lotus star is an agoraphobic movie lover who puts on elaborate immersive screenings in her garage in this sweet tale of longing, anxiety and family bickering. But is it believable?I’m not sure where Aimee Lou Wood – the Stockport-born star of Sex Education and The White Lotus – got the idea for Film Club (Tuesday 7 October, 10pm, BBC Three), the new drama she has created with fellow actor Ralph Davis, but I’d be amazed if it’s drawn from her own life. Not because the fearlessly outspoken global celebrity plays a woman too scared to set foot outside her mum’s house in Manchester following a nervous breakdown, her only respite being a weekly movie night with uni friends in the garage. No. It’s the garage itself.Each week, unemployed, agoraphobic Evie somehow finds the wherewithal to transform her garage into a spectacular film set. For a screening of Alien, this one-woman Secret Cinema wallpapers it with tinfoil and hazard tape and fills it with smoke, strip lights...

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4 d. ago Aimee Lou Wood wants to see 'nerds fall in love' in her new BBC show

The six-part BBC series follows an agoraphobic film enthusiast Evie, played by Wood, who transforms her mother's garage into a weekly cinema for herself and her best friend Noa, portrayed by Nabhaan Rizwan.

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5 d. ago Aimee Lou Wood says she doesn’t regret calling out ‘mean’ SNL sketch

Sketch had comedian Sarah Sherman wear fake teeth in imitation of ‘The White Lotus’ actor’s facial feature and make a joke about not knowing meaning of ‘fluoride’

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5 d. ago Aimee Lou Wood says calling out SNL ‘mean’ skit was like standing up to bullies

The Sex Education actor opened up about why she criticised Saturday Night Live’s parody of her

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6 d. ago Aimee Lou Wood says she doesn’t regret calling out ‘mean’ Saturday Night Live sketch

Sketch had comedian Sarah Sherman wear fake teeth in imitation of ‘The White Lotus’ actor’s facial feature and make a joke about not knowing meaning of ‘fluoride’

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6 d. ago White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood fears her soaring fame will reignite her teenage bulimia and body dysmorphia battles

She earned a legion of fans - and an Emmy nomination - with her performance in The White Lotus.

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2 w. ago White Lotus' Aimee Lou Wood and Walton Goggins avoid being pictured together following those romance rumours as they party with their co

The British actress, 31, who lost out on Best Supporting Actress to Adolescence's Erin Doherty, enjoyed burgers and cocktails but seemingly kept her distance from Walton, 53.

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3 w. ago Aimee Lou Wood goes public with boyfriend Adam Long at Emmys party as Walton Goggins shares a kiss with his wife... months after those romance rumours

The couple, who met last year working on their upcoming BBC Three series Film Club, sat next to each other at the Peacock Theatre at LA.

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3 w. ago Aimee Lou Wood goes public with boyfriend Adam Long at Emmys party as Walton Goggins shares a kiss with his wife... months after those romance rumours

The couple, who met last year working on their upcoming BBC Three series Film Club, sat next to each other at the Peacock Theatre at LA.

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3 w. ago Jake Gyllenhaal surprises youngest nominee Owen Cooper ahead of Emmys

The Adolescence star had been discussing Gyllenhaal when his acting hero walked in unannounced.

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3 w. ago Aimee Lou Wood joins Erin Doherty, Rita Ora and Catherine Zeta

This year's Emmy Awards sees a whole host of British and Irish acting legends as well as relative newcomers vying for gongs at the star-studded ceremony in LA.

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3 w. ago Aimee Lou Wood oozes glamour as she joins Sharon Horgan and Gwendoline Christie in leading British and Irish stars at Emmy Awards

This year's Emmy Awards sees a whole host of British and Irish acting legends as well as relative newcomers vying for gongs at the star-studded ceremony in LA.

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3 w. ago Emmys 2025: All the UK and Irish nominees from Owen Cooper to Aimee Lou Wood

This year's Emmy Awards are upon us and there is a host of British and Irish talent hoping to take home one of the prestigious gongs in Los Angeles

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3 w. ago Emmys 2025: All the British and Irish stars nominated for gongs at this year's star

Leading the pack is Adolescence star Owen Cooper who could make history as the youngest ever male winner if he scoops Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.

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3 w. ago ‘Neutrality should not be an option’: why are so many artists now speaking out on Gaza?

Musician Brian Eno and artist Malak Mattar, key figures in next week’s Together for Palestine concert, explain why artists are putting fears of a backlash aside and uniting in the call for actionA red carpet event, especially one to promote the new Downton Abbey film, is not typically a place for radical political statements. But at the film’s premiere in London earlier this month, that movie’s star, Hugh Bonneville, spoke out about Gaza. “Before I talk about the fluff and loveliness of our wonderful film, what’s about to happen in Gaza City is absolutely indefensible,” he announced to a visibly shocked showbiz reporter. “The international community must do more to bring it to an end.”Bonneville’s words may have been surprising for some, but they’re actually part of a larger pattern of actors, musicians, artists and cultural figures who feel increasingly moved to speak out. This week hundreds of actors – including Olivia Colman, Aimee Lou Wood and Mark Ruffalo – signed a pledge prom...

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3 w. ago Olivia Coleman and Aimee Lou Wood among 1,300 actors to boycott Israeli film groups

Hundreds of major actors and filmmakers have signed a pledge stating that they won't work with Israeli film institutions "implicated in genocide and apartheid" against Palestinians

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3 w. ago Aimee Lou Wood puts on a very busty display in a plunging black midi dress as she attends a BBC screening of the Film Club

The Sex Education star, 31, put on a busty display in a plunging black midi dress, teamed with sheer tights and pointed toe heels.

Culture

3 w. ago Israeli film industry calls boycott pledge ‘deeply troubling’

Screenwriters’ guild of Israel says campaign that has now won backing from 1,800 film-makers will only ‘deepen the darkness’, while representatives of the country’s documentary and directors’ guild also voice concernRepresentatives of the Israeli film industry are redoubling efforts to caution against the wisdom of a pledge signed by some 1,800 significant professionals vowing not to work with Israeli film institutions they say are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”.The pledge, announced on Monday, was initially signed by 1,200 film-makers including Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay, Asif Kapadia, Boots Riley and Joshua Oppenheimer; and actors Olivia Colman, Mark Ruffalo, Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem, Ayo Edebiri, Riz Ahmed, Josh O’Connor, Cynthia Nixon, Julie Christie, Ilana Glazer, Rebecca Hall, Aimee Lou Wood and Debra Winger. Continue reading...

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