36 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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3 d. ago Ryan Reynolds got 4am apology from Channing Tatum for Wrexham stars' wild night out

Channing Tatum spent a few days in Wrexham to film a Super Bowl advert for one of the Welsh football club's sponsors and ended up having a wild night out with the players

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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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4 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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5 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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5 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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7 d. ago Richard Osman reveals he raised concerns over Thursday Murder Club plot change 'a couple of times'

During an interview on ITV's This Morning, Richard Osman defended the film adaptation of the Thursday Murder Club, after some fans said it failed to live up to the book.

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9 d. ago Richard Osman recalls concerns over The Thursday Murder Club film adaptation

The Thursday Murder Club author Richard Osman has addressed the backlash the Netflix film adaptation has received.

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9 d. ago Richard Osman addresses Thursday Murder Club backlash as he makes admission

Netflix fans were thrilled last month when the film adaptation of Richard Osman's book, The Thursday Murder Club, was released.

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1 week ago How to survive a squirrel attack as as gang of feral rodents hold villagers hostage

Squirrels have often been the image of fantastic woodlands scenes – but the bushy-tailed rodents have been known to unleash their anger on a few innocent bystanders

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1 week ago Richard Osman makes subtle dig at Thursday Murder Club film adaptation following fan outrage at 'unforgivable' plot change

Richard Osman appears to have shared a subtle dig at the highly divisive Thursday Murder Club film - as the latest of the British author's true crime series has come out today, with glowing reviews.

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1 week ago Skye Community Cinema first Scottish winner of renowned UK film award in almost 30 years

Skye Community Cinema took home the night’s top prize, with Borscht Film Club and Ayr Film Society also recognised.

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1 week ago Richard Osman says wife was ‘in tears’ after reading next Thursday Murder Club

His wife, actress Ingrid Oliver, appears in The Thursday Murder Club film as Joyce’s daughter, Joanna Meadowcroft.

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2 w. ago Ralf Little and Will Mellor look back: ‘In our 20s, we acted like everything was a joke. Now there are fewer knob gags’

The actors on forming a close bond on Two Pints, why it’s important to have rows, and how they feel about ageingBorn in Stockport in 1976, Will Mellor is an actor known for his role as Jambo in Hollyoaks and a decade-long run in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. His co-star in the latter show was Ralf Little, born in 1980 in Oldham, who starred in The Royle Family before joining the sitcom in 2001. Mellor has since appeared in Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Line of Duty and Broadchurch, while Little has been in Inside No 9, Doctor Who and Death in Paradise. The pair host the Two Pints podcast, and the second series of Will & Ralf Should Know Better airs from 29 September on U&Dave. Continue reading...

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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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2 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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2 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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2 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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2 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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