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Sarah Jessica Parker praises Hugh
27 December 2009 12:00 AM, PST
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Sarah Jessica Parker ''loves'' Hugh Grant. The 'Sex and the City' actress stars alongside Hugh in new movie 'Did You Hear About The Morgans?' and admits she has been a fan of his films for years. She said: ''With this movie, I was basically shoved up inside his jacket pocket. I just loved it. I love him. He is very, very good at what he does. ''I paid to see him in 'Four Weddings And A Funeral' again and again! I wanted to be in a romantic comedy opposite him for years.'' The 44-year-old star recently admitted she jumped at the chance to star ..
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Sarah Jessica Parker praises Hugh
26 December 2009 11:01 PM, PST
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Sarah Jessica Parker "loves" Hugh Grant. The 'Sex and the City' actress stars alongside Hugh in new movie 'Did You Hear About The Morgans?' and admits she has been a fan of his films for years. She said: "With this movie, I was basically shoved up inside his jacket pocket. I just loved it. I love him. He is very, very good at what he does. "I paid to see him in 'Four Weddings And A Funeral' again and again! I wanted to be in a romantic comedy opposite him for years." The 44-year-old star recently admitted she jumped at the chance to star in 'Did You Hear About The Morgans?' because she had wanted to work alongside Hugh for
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When the music stopped
25 December 2009 4:13 AM, PST
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British actress Kristin Scott Thomas has pulled out of a planned run in a production of A Little Night Music after injuring her foot.
The Four Weddings and a Funeral star was due to take on a role in Stephen Sondheim’s musical. The actress, who was due to begin her run in the show in February 2010, has reportedly been replaced by English actress Greta Scacchi.
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Injured Scott Thomas Pulls Out Of Play
23 December 2009 4:06 AM, PST
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British actress Kristin Scott Thomas has pulled out of a planned run in a production of A Little Night Music after injuring her foot.
The Four Weddings and a Funeral star was due to take on a role in Stephen Sondheim's musical at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France.
But Scott Thomas has quit the production after she was sidelined with an unspecified foot injury, according to Variety.com.
The actress, who was due to begin her run in the show in February, has reportedly been replaced by English actress Greta Scacchi.
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury are currently starring in another production of A Little Night Music on Broadway.
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Kristin Scott Thomas: 'I've been a very sad person, but I'm not any more'
20 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST
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Kristin Scott Thomas on self-belief, not being on the right list in Hollywood and playing John Lennon's Aunt Mimi in her latest film
The moment that Kristin Scott Thomas knew she didn't want to be a typical movie star, the moment it seems she switched from playing romantic leads to infinitely more interesting roles, was when a director told her she should make her character more appealing. The idea didn't grab her. "I just thought, I don't want to do that," she says. "I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable. Because if I'm watching that on screen I get irritated." She sits back with a sigh. "I can't bear it."
It was an astute response. After all, Scott Thomas's best work is not about looking doe-eyed and flicking her hair; instead it's defined by froideur, then thaw. There is a toughness in her performances,
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Hugh Grant On Ego, Bad Hair And Sarah Jessica Parker's 'Strange Appetites'
18 December 2009 3:50 AM, PST
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'I find her funny and eccentric,' he says of his 'Did You Hear About the Morgans?' co-star.
By Josh Horowitz
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The decade is nearly done and Hugh Grant is about to come out with his eighth romantic comedy of the 2000s. "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" reunites the dean of British rom-coms with his onetime co-star Sarah Jessica Parker in a film that takes a big-city married couple on the outs and transplants them to middle-of-nowhere Wyoming after they are forced to enter a witness-protection program.
In the midst of the madness-inducing monotony of a studio-driven media junket in London, Grant sat down with MTV News to discuss what strokes his ego, his occasionally self-conscious feelings about his famously floppy 'do and why Sarah Jessica is kinda freakish.
MTV: You must enjoy talking endlessly in a room like this for hours on end.
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Sarah Jessica Parker Sympathised With The Cow Which Kicked Her
17 December 2009 11:08 AM, PST
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The actress struggled to get to grips with country life when making ‘Did You Hear About The Morgans?’ – in which she stars with Hugh Grant - and was particularly dismayed when producers insisted on adding the unfortunate encounter to the final cut.
She said: "I didn't enjoy attempting to milk a cow, or ride a horse, or shoot a rifle. I have other fantasies, none of which include milking a cow! The cow kicked me in the middle of the scene and they left it in. It's right there for everyone to see. But I sympathised with the cow. I didn't belong there and she knew it.”
Despite her bad bovine experience, Sarah loved starring in the movie because she had wanted to work alongside Hugh for so long.
The 44-year-old actress - who has three children, eight-year-old James and six-month-old twins Marion and Tabitha, with husband Matthew Broderick – explained to Parade.
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Parker: 'I auditioned for Four Weddings'
16 December 2009 7:58 AM, PST
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Sarah Jessica Parker has revealed that she may have auditioned for a part in Four Weddings And A Funeral. The Sex And The City star appears with Hugh Grant in upcoming romantic comedy Did You Hear About The Morgans?. Parker told Parade: "I think I remember auditioning to co-star with Hugh in Four Weddings And A Funeral. I think I did. "I know I screen-tested for Nine Months. Of course, I didn't get either. (more)
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Hugh Grant`s jokey claims about female co-stars
10 December 2009 3:40 PM, PST
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Drew Barrymore 'hates' him, Emma Thompson is 'as mad as a chair' and Renée Zellweger is a 'very good kisser', according to a 'far from sane' Hugh Grant, who jokingly made the claims in a recent magazine interview. Asked to describe his co-stars using just three adjectives, the British actor said that his Four Weddings And A Funeral leading lady Andie MacDowell is '[a] Southern belle. Charming. Gorgeous', his Sense And Sensibility co-star Emma Thompson is 'clever, funny, mad as a chair' and he described Bridget Jones star Zellweger as 'delightful, also far from sane. Very good kisser'. Sandra Bullock, who played Grant’s assistant in Two Weeks Notice, is according to the Love Actually star 'a genius.
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Did Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant fall for each other on 'Morgans?' (IrishCentral)
10 December 2009 7:55 AM, PST
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Did Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant fall for each other during the making of their romantic comedy "Did you hear about the Morgans?"
They certainly looked very close on the red carpet at the London premiere Tuesday.
Sarah Jessica, 44, wearing a hot pink dress sashayed up the red carpet in her signature skyscraper heels.
Grant, 49, told reporters he had already fallen for his co-star.
“She would be a very good wife. She’s very caring. She lives in her own little world and I have literally fallen in love with her,” he said.
The actors looked stunning during the photocall for the movie and snuggled up for several shots.
Grant has been famously unlucky in love.
His relationship with Elizabeth Hurley foundered in 2000 when the pair announced an "amicable split."
The two had been together since meeting in 1987 during the filming of the Lord Byron movie "Remando Al Viento.
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Hugh Grant: 'I took anxiety pills'
8 December 2009 2:15 PM, PST
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Hugh Grant has revealed that he was taking anti-anxiety drugs on the set of Music And Lyrics. The Four Weddings And A Funeral star told WENN that he was chewing Lorazepam while shooting with co-star Drew Barrymore. "I did the whole film on Lorazepam... it was scary," he said. The actor opened up about his frequent panic attacks, which began on the set of the 1999 film Notting Hill with Julia Roberts. He said: "They've [the panic attacks] been growing over the years. There would always be two or three during (more)
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Hugh Grant: What Up With That?
8 December 2009 12:01 PM, PST
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Remember cute-as-a-button, stammering, stuttering, British boy-wonder, Hugh Grant? Hugh Grant from Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill? A man so impeccably charming and adorable that he bagged a supermodel wife in Elizabeth Hurley.
Then, along came Father Time (with a quick detour through Sunset Boulevard service provider, Divine Brown) and we're now facing the brutal reality that the formerly puppy-faced Hugh may now be he cringe-inducing, Mr. Grant, the creepy older neighbor from the apartment down the hall.
So what up with that? At this point, Hugh can go in one of two directions: the Sean Connery and Peter O'Toole
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Grant Dreading 50th Birthday
8 December 2009 4:01 AM, PST
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British actor Hugh Grant is dreading his upcoming 50th birthday - because he's terrified of becoming a "sad, old man."
The Four Weddings and a Funeral star will hit the milestone next September, and Grant admits he's already feeling the effects of the ageing process.
He tells Britain's Hello magazine, "Well, 50 is not a very good number, is it. I think we all have a bit of terror in us. I don't actually feel all that old in myself - I actually feel rather young and sprightly - but then I see a picture of myself and think, 'Christ, who is that old man?'
"I've actually started to do Pilates to try to keep me young. I go to a place where there are all these attractive young girls and just the one sad, hungover old man, who is me."
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Grant Fears He Will Be Single Forever
8 December 2009 4:01 AM, PST
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British actor Hugh Grant fears he will never find a long term partner - because he pushes women away whenever they get close to him.
The Four Weddings and a Funeral star dated model/actress Elizabeth Hurley for 13 years between 1987 and 2000, and most recently enjoyed a three-year relationship with socialite Jemima Khan, which ended in 2007.
But Grant is convinced he will end up alone, as he subconsciously sabotages all of his romances.
He says, "I think I might have made a sort of pact with the devil, in which I can have fun now and sort everything later. But then he (the devil) comes back and says, 'Time's up and I'm taking you to hell as you're going to end up a sad, lonely old man.'
"A girl once told me the theory of love avoidance and it sounded familiar. It happens when you draw someone in and then you push them away as soon as they get too close. Then, you bring them back and push them away again. I look at life and I see some very happy relationships, but I also see the vast majority as not being that happy."
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Grant: 'I saw a shrink to help my nerves'
8 December 2009 1:10 AM, PST
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Hugh Grant has revealed that he has seen a psychiatrist to help his nerves. The English actor, who has starred in films such as Love Actually, Four Weddings And A Funeral and Notting Hill, said that he is a "nervous wreck" at the beginning of every movie he makes. "The bigger the budget is, the more they're paying you, the more nervous you get as (more)
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eBay find: Bid on a part in an upcoming rom-com
7 December 2009 6:57 AM, PST
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Ever looked up at the cinema screen at the likes of Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore or Sandra Bullock and thought “I can do that”? Well, now’s your chance (kinda), as top British production company, Working Title Films (the folks behind such hits as Atonement, Elizabeth and Billy Elliot) are auctioning off the chance to star in one of their upcoming romantic comedies. Known for working with king of the rom-com, Richard Curtis on the likes of Four Weddings and a Funeral, the Bridget Jones films and Love Actually (pictured), they’re pretty established in the genre and are opening their arms to a rookie in the name of charity.
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Movie of Susan Boyle's life should star Andie MacDowell and Pierce Brosnan (IrishCentral)
27 November 2009 7:16 AM, PST
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Susan Boyle's brother Gerry has said he believes a movie of her life will be made and that he'd like Kathy Bates to play the Scottish star.
Gerry told RadarOnline.com that he would not be "surprised in the least if there was a film made" of his sister's life, adding he would "personally like to see Kathy Bates play my sister."
if she wasn't available Gerry would like British actress Brenda Blethyn to play the role. The story comes amid persistent reports that "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell will be making a film about the 48-year-old Scottish singer.
Can't say I agree. At 61 Kathy Bates would be 13 years older than Susan Boyle and is unfortunately well past her prime. Since playing Molly Brown in the Titanic movie she has hardly figured in Hollywood. I'm afraid Gerry Boyle is doing his sister no favors here
How about Andi MacDowell? The
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Artists cast as saviours of British cinema
21 November 2009 4:06 PM, PST
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After the success of Steve McQueen and Sam Taylor-Wood, the UK Film Council aims to fund debuts by a new crop of artists turned film-makers
First came Turner prize-winner Steve McQueen's gritty film Hunger, about the Ira prisoner Bobby Sands. Full of soul-searching and menace, it was the toast of the Cannes film festival last year. Next came the success this autumn of Nowhere Boy, artist Sam Taylor-Wood's uplifting biopic of the young John Lennon.
Now, following these unexpected triumphs, a queue of former young British artists, or YBAs, has formed, waiting to entertain the nation's cinema audiences. Among the aspiring directors are the controversial artists Jake and Dinos Chapman and the Turner prize-winner Gillian Wearing.
This week, in recognition of this line-up of potential talent, the homegrown cinema industry has announced that it is to start banking on the trend. The UK Film Council is to promote more
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Movie Reviews: “Pirate Radio”
13 November 2009 11:56 AM, PST
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Like the little off-shore pirate radio stations playing rock 'n' roll that dared to compete against the massive radio domination of the staid BBC in the 1960s, Pirate Radio debuts against the incalculable might of the $260-million apocalyptic flick 2012 this week. The critics, for the most part, love it. "It skips by like a much-loved old LP," writes Roger Moore in the Orlando Sentinel. "The film makes for easy viewing and easier listening," says Manohla Dargis in the New York Times, one of several critics who praise the choice of '60s music featured in the movie (and Claudia Puig in USA Today recommends that audiences "stick around through the end credit sequence, which features an array of album covers.") Kyle Smith in the New York Post notes that writer/director Richard Curtis, who wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral, "has dropped another bright joy-bomb that explodes in every direction with rock classics used in surprisingly direct and literal ways." On the other hand, Steven Rea in the Philadelphia Inquirer accuses Curtis of taking a potentially "great story" about the pirate stations and turning it "into an aggressively irritating floating frat-party romp." And Peter Howell concludes in the Toronto Star: "This film doesn't know whether it wants to be a comedy or a drama. By the time it finally reaches its Titanic-style conclusion, you probably won't care."
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Review: Pirate Radio
13 November 2009 10:33 AM, PST
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Tethered to reality by only a slender thread, Pirate Radio quickly cuts loose and floats off into its own imaginary layer of the Earth's atmosphere, where only good-hearted, pleasant-thinking, die-hard romantics can survive. Welcome home, Richard Curtis, where have you been?
Writer/director Curtis rose to fame on the basis of his screenplay for Four Weddings and a Funeral, featuring an ensemble of quirky yet appealing men and women chasing love and happiness, followed, notably, by his script for Notting Hill, but he's been writing off-kilter comedy sketches and episodic television for many years. Pirate Radio proves that his gift for writing witty one-liners and creating funny situations remains intact. His skills as a film director and shaper of material are a little more fuzzy and undefined, however.
As with Love, Actually, his previous directorial effort, Pirate Radio (Aka The Boat That Rocked) is filled with episodes that feel randomly assembled,
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