2 h. ago ‘I lived out moments of my mother’s passing I never saw’: Kate Winslet on grief, going red and Goodbye June

For her directorial debut, Winslet assembled a cast including Toni Collette, Timothy Spall, Johnny Flynn and Andrea Riseborough to tell a story inspired by her own family’s bereavement. The actors talk mourning, immortality and hospital vending machinesIn 2017, Sally Bridges-Winslet died of cancer. She was 71. It was, her youngest daughter said, “like the north star just dropped out of the sky”.It would have been even worse, says Kate Winslet today, had the family not pulled together. “I do have tremendous amounts of peace and acceptance around what happened because of how we were able to make it for her.” Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Goodbye June review – Kate Winslet’s directorial debut is a paper

Helen Mirren, Toni Collette and Winslet herself star in the Oscar-winning actor’s first step behind the camera – which is also scripted by her son

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14 h. ago Goodbye June review – Kate Winslet’s Christmas heartwarmer is like a two

Star turns from Helen Mirren, Andrea Riseborough and Toni Colette can’t stop cartoony sentimentality smothering this film directed by Winslet and written by her son Joe AndersKate Winslet’s feature directing debut is a family movie, scripted by her son Joe Anders; it’s a well-intentioned and starrily cast yuletide heartwarmer, like a two-hour John Lewis Christmas TV ad without the logo at the end. There are one or two nice lines and sharp moments but they are submerged in a treacly soup of sentimentality; in the end, I couldn’t get past the cartoony quasi-Richard Curtis characterisation and the weird not-quite-earthlingness of the people involved. Having said this, I am aware of having been first in the queue to denigrate Winslet’s Christmas film The Holiday, that is regarded by many as one of the most successful films of all time.Helen Mirren is the June of the title, an affectionate but sharp-tongued matriarch who is diagnosed with terminal cancer in the run-up to Christmas, and h...

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19 h. ago Topjaw interview: We just filmed with Kate Winslet and Walton Goggins it’s pinch

Jesse Burgess and Will Warr have eaten social media alive with Topjaw, their wildly successful food and restaurant juggernaut — and after storming Hollywood, what’s next?

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37 h. ago Inside The Holiday icon Kate Winslet's first Christmas film in almost 20 years

Goodbye June not only stars Titanic legend Kate Winslet but has been directed by the award-winning actress as well.

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38 h. ago Kate Winslet reveals Helen Mirren broke ‘two personal rules’ to star in her directorial debut

‘Goodbye June,’ about a messy family forced to reunite to support their ailing mother, is out Friday on Netflix

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50 h. ago Margot Robbie in red latex, Kate Bush impersonators and a pint of Emily ale: my crash course in Brontëmania

As Wuthering Heights gets a raunchy Hollywood remake, our writer takes a pilgrimage through Haworth, the village where its author lived – and finds her spirit still electrifying the cobbled streets and windswept moorsIt’s a crisp afternoon in Haworth, West Yorkshire, and I’m drinking a pint of Emily Brontë beer in The Kings Arms. Other Brontës are on tap – Anne is a traditional ale, Charlotte an IPA, Branwell a porter – but the barman says Emily, an amber ale with a “malty biscuit flavour”, is the most popular. It’s the obvious choice today, anyway: in a few hours, Oscar-winning film-maker Emerald Fennell will be at the Brontë women’s writing festival in a church just up the road, discussing her adaptation of Emily’s 19th-century gothic masterpiece Wuthering Heights.The film, to be released just before Valentine’s Day next year, is already scandal-ridden. It all started with Fennell’s casting of Hollywood stars Jacob Elordi and Margot (“Heathcliff, it’s me, it’s Barbie”) Robbie caus...

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3 d. ago Kate Winslet 'literally crying' directing new Netflix film as she 'relived' family loss

Kate Winslet has opened up about the emotional experience of making her directorial debut with the Netflix drama, Goodbye June

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3 d. ago Kate Winslet admits she 'relived' heartbreaking family loss while making new Netflix film

The Titanic star has made her directorial debut with Goodbye June, starring Helen Mirren, coming to Netflix on 24th December

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3 d. ago Kate Winslet 'found herself hiding and crying' as Netflix film 'relived' heartbreaking loss

Kate Winslet has opened up about the painful experience of reliving her mother's 2017 death while making her directorial debut Goodbye June, which stars Helen Mirren

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4 d. ago Kate Winslet says shooting new film felt like ‘reliving’ mother’s death

The actor says she hid behind a colleague and cried during filming

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4 d. ago Kate Winslet felt like she was ‘reliving’ mother’s death while shooting new film

Goodbye June sees four adult siblings band together upon learning of their mother’s decline in health.

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6 d. ago Kate Winslet says making Goodbye June with her son was ‘extraordinary’

The 50-year-old directs and stars in the Christmas movie.

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7 d. ago Kate Winslet hopes ‘Goodbye June’ sparks honest conversations about grief

Kate Winslet hopes her new film Goodbye June allows audiences to have difficult conversations about loss and grief.

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8 d. ago Meghan Markle takes subtle swipe at Kate Middleton in Netflix Christmas special

The Duchess of Sussex seemed to take a thinly veiled swipe at Kate Middleton during her Christmas special on Netflix while filming a segment with her friends

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8 d. ago Kate Winslet issues powerful message on grief with new film Goodbye June

Kate Winslet hopes her new film Goodbye June gives audiences the opportunity to have difficult conversations about loss and grief.

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8 d. ago Kate Winslet ‘proud’ of son Joe Anders for writing her latest film Goodbye June

Christmas drama Goodbye June follows four siblings whose lives change when their mother’s health takes a turn for the worse during the festive period.

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1 week ago Full House star reveals which Olsen twin ‘did not like’ filming the show

The Olsen twins both played Michelle Tanner in ‘Full House’ for eight seasons

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2 w. ago Jeff Brazier is seen for the first time since confirming his split from wife Kate as he ditches his wedding ring and jets back to the UK after filming in Iceland

The TV presenter has been keeping busy with work in the wake of the split, filming in Iceland for ITV this week.

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2 w. ago Jeff Brazier is seen for the first time since confirming his split from wife Kate as he jets back to the UK after filming in Iceland

The TV presenter has been keeping busy with work in the wake of the split, filming in Iceland for ITV this week.

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