Richard Curtis
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1 out of 5 stars.This bafflingly bland offering wastes the talents of Melissa McCarthy and Paapa Essiedu – it’s as if they removed the laughs in case they offend
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Far from unimpeachable with problems ranging from a lack of diversity to an overdose of saccharine, the festive ensemble comedy is an annual staple nonetheless
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Love Actually and Notting Hill director says jokes calling people chubby ‘aren’t any longer funny’
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The arts are the poorer for a system that hugely rewards the few while the less lucky can’t even earn a living wage
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Plaintiffs claimed that keeping the actor in the trailer for the Danny Boyle film but cutting her from the final product amounted to false advertising
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Richard Curtis, Emma Thompson and others say bank is ‘financing and profiting from climate chaos’
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After a lean decade, the 90s staple has returned in a big way. But there is one key difference: grey hair. How did older actors take over the genre?
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We trawl acres of celluloid for the best New Year’s Eves, from romcoms and musicals to gangster flicks and comedies, from parties-for-two to hellishly elaborate dance sequences
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Letters: Christmas card efficiencies | Problems with Love Actually | Scots accent confusion | Welsh bonus in Wordsearch
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In a TV special marking the festive romcom’s 20th anniversary the director says ‘some moments … feel out of date’
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Why did Rowan Atkinson infuriate him in Love Actually? Could he have started his own religion? And was Betty the tortoise any good on stage? Stars from Ruby Wax to Richard Curtis remember an acting colossus
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Names in the newsTones and I is not alone in wishing people would stop making a song about that tuneRebecca NicholsonWhen music artists come to loathe their megahit, it’s a sure sign they’ve made it to the top of the pop industry
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Film-maker urges UK ministers to make it mandatory for schemes to align portfolios with climate target
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Class action lawsuit says ‘misleading and deceptive’ trailer showing brief glimpse of actor, who had been cut from the film, led fans to rent it
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While elements of the hit British comedy have aged quite notably, the charm remains as strong as ever as does Renee Zellweger’s Oscar-nominated turn
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Director of much-loved Christmas film wants people to be aware of what investments may finance
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In 2015, 193 countries agreed a blueprint for a better planet. 2020 was supposed to be a Super Year of progress – we can’t let the pandemic knock us off course
‘I thought: “I’ve engineered the death of Hugh Grant!’’’ – the inside story of Four Weddings and a Funeral