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Bridget Jones: Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant reunite for Mad About the Boy premiere

Bridget Jones: Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant reunite for Mad About the Boy premiere

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Longtime costars Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant reunited at the premiere of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, more than two decades after the first instalment of the film series was released. Fans had been eagerly waiting for the fourth film since it was announced last year, when it was confirmed that Zellweger would be reprising her role as the titular and perpetually single Bridget Jones and Hugh Grant would be returning as Daniel Cleaver. It was also announced that Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor would appear in the film. The first movie in the series, Bridget Jones’s Diary, was released in 2001. It was based on the 1996 book of the same name by The Independent columnistHelen Fielding. The book not only sold …

John Cleese calls Piers Morgan ‘lazy’ and ‘sloppy’ as he weighs in on Hugh Grant row

John Cleese calls Piers Morgan ‘lazy’ and ‘sloppy’ as he weighs in on Hugh Grant row

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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter John Cleese has weighed in on a row between Piers Morgan and Hugh Grant over Rupert Murdoch, with the Fawlty Towers star calling Morgan “lazy” and “sloppy”. Grant and Morgan have been engaged in a spat on X this week after the government ruled out a reopening of the Leveson Inquiry, which Grant has been leading calls for. Defence secretary John Healey insisted that there will be no new inquiry or restrictions into the activities of the media in the UK despite The Sun paying damages to Prince Harry this week. In response to the government’s decision, Grant had told Radio 4’s Today: “I have some sympathy, when I’m in a generous mood, for politicians terrified of the Murdochs.” Murdoch owns News Group Newspapers (NGN), owner of The Sun and the now defunct News of the World. Morgan then took to X to call Grant a “hypocrite”, claiming the actor had …

Hugh Grant reveals he almost poisoned his kids twice after cooking disaster

Hugh Grant reveals he almost poisoned his kids twice after cooking disaster

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Hugh Grant is a man of many talents; the celebrated star has been nominated for a slew of awards for his latest turn in the horror film Heretic and will reprise his role as the scoundrel Daniel Cleaver in the upcoming Bridget Jones sequel alongside Renée Zellweger.  One thing that Hugh cannot do? Cook.  The veteran actor spoke to his Bridget Jones co-star in a new interview with British Vogue, where he shared a rare glimpse into his family life and revealed why he won’t cook for his kids again. WATCH: Hugh Grant’s Family Life “I’ve poisoned my family twice, given them worms,” he shared. “Undercooked chicken. Twice. It was dark, you see.” “It was on the barbecue, and I stuck my Heston Blumenthal prod into it,“ Hugh continued. “I couldn’t quite read it. So I served it out – worms all round. And the children now beg me not to cook.” The 64-year-old shares three children with his wife, Anna Eberstein. © Gerald MatzkaHugh shares three children with Anna Eberstein The pair met at a local London wine bar over …

Hugh Grant Insists He Was Only Joking About Hating Filming Wonka

Hugh Grant Insists He Was Only Joking About Hating Filming Wonka

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Hugh Grant has admitted that having his words twisted in the online media is one of the main reasons he “loathes” the internet. During a new interview with Variety, the Heretic star recalled his recent appearance in the screen musical Wonka, in which he played an especially straight-talking Oompa Loompa. While promoting the film, he and his colleagues were asked how they found the experience of making it. “Everyone said, ‘Yes, we loved it. We loved it. We loved it’, and when they got to me, just for a comedy moment at the end, I said, ‘I hated it’,” he explained. “But on the web, it’s become a fact that I hated making that film,” Hugh continued. “And I didn’t hate it all; I loved making it. I’m absolutely thrilled with it.” He then lamented: “That’s what the internet does. It scrubs humour, and it scrubs context to create little clickbait moments. It’s one of the reasons I loathe it with such violence, really.” These characters have included a right-leaning historian in Netflix’s Death To… …

Heretic: the ending of Hugh Grant’s religious horror explained

Heretic: the ending of Hugh Grant’s religious horror explained

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Hugh Grant’s performance has been widely praised in the new horror movie Heretic, which follows two Mormon missionaries who find themselves in mortal danger after paying a visit to the home of a professor of Theology, Mr Reed. So what happens in the gripping new movie, and just what was that ending all about? We explain it all here…  What happens in Heretic? The story follows two Mormon women, Sister Barnes and Sister Paxton, as they spent their days trying to convert people to their faith. They have a list of people who have expressed an interest in converting, with Mr Reed being the last on their list.  MORE: Hugh Grant finally reveals the quirky names of his two youngest daughters, 8 and 5 Visiting his house, he promises that his wife is baking a pie in the kitchen. The trio discuss Mormonism and theology – with Sister Paxton claiming that when she dies, she would like to be a butterfly and rest on the fingers of the people she loves to let them know …

Hugh Grant has left romcoms behind – but now he risks another kind of typecasting

Hugh Grant has left romcoms behind – but now he risks another kind of typecasting

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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Ten years ago, if you’d asked anyone to sum up the constituent parts of a Hugh Grant movie, their answer might have gone something like this. Grant plays a charming posho with a knack for transforming even the most straightforward piece of dialogue into a bumbling collage of “erm”s and “aah”s. He exclaims “bugger!” a lot, often while bumping into various beautiful women. The floppiness of his fringe is inversely proportional to his level of caddishness (if his hair’s longer, he’s nice; if it’s shorter, run). And if Richard Curtis isn’t in the director’s seat, then his name is quite probably lurking somewhere in the credits. For a very long time, thanks to films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, Grant was synonymous with a particular sub-genre of romantic hero: one who lived in a nice part of west London and was good at swearing Britishly. …

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall says he’s fitter than ever due to plant diet

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall says he’s fitter than ever due to plant diet

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has said that he’s fitter than 20 years ago as a result of his diet that consists of eating 30 different types of plants per week. In an interview withThe Times, the chef, who is best known for hosting the River Cottage cooking series on Channel 4, said that he grows 11,000 types of edible plants in his vegetable patch at the River Cottage HQ in rural Devon. “With all the other changes I’ve made, I’m probably healthier than I was 20 years ago,” said the 59-year-old. “”Eating plants obviously helps with that and 30 different types a week is optimum. No one is saying don’t eat more than that, but beyond 30 the benefits begin to plateau.” Fearnley-Whittingstall added that purchasing an electric car has helped him avoid snacking on chocolate bars at petrol stations, and …

Hugh Jackman’s bachelor pad takes inspiration from ex Deborra-Lee Furness

Hugh Jackman’s bachelor pad takes inspiration from ex Deborra-Lee Furness

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Hugh Jackman, 55, may no longer live with his ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furness, 68, but he has continued to take inspiration from their former homes. The Greatest Showman star moved out of their marital house and into an apartment following their split in 2023. He has since shared a few photos inside his bachelor pad, including ahead of the 2024 Met Gala. Inside Hugh Jackman’s bachelor pad © InstagramThe Greatest Showman star has a minimal interior Posing in a tuxedo and a bow tie, Hugh stood against the backdrop of a white wall and large window while items were placed on the floor in the corner of the room. They included a stack of books including Tom Ford and Louis Vuitton as well as a large bowl that would normally belong on a coffee table, alongside a black and white picture and a yoga mat. Hugh’s lack of furniture did not go unnoticed by fans, who commented: “Hugh needs to furnish his apartment/townhouse,” and: “Don’t look now but someone stole your coffee table.” © InstagramThe actor …

Hugh Grant Had A Near-Death Experience Making 1 Of His Most Iconic Films

Hugh Grant Had A Near-Death Experience Making 1 Of His Most Iconic Films

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Hugh Grant was almost involved in a near-fatal incident while filming Four Weddings And A Funeral, the director has revealed. The British actor played the lead in Richard Curtis’ hit rom-com, which follows a group of friends navigating love and loss in the mid-1990s. In a new Guardian interview to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film, director Mike Newell recalled one scene which could have ended in disaster. Recalling the opening scene, in which Hugh’s character and his best friend Scarlett (Charlotte Coleman) are racing to make it to the first of the titular weddings, the director said: “That scene on the motorway, for some reason, Hugh was actually driving. He shouldn’t have been but he was.” He continued: “They were within inches of backing at full speed into a truck that was coming at them. “I suddenly saw the whole film collapsing in front of me, and what I had done was engineer the death of the leading man on the motorway.” Hugh Grant and Charlotte Coleman on the set of Four Weddings …