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Emma Thompson talks about the ‘challenge’ of shooting full-frontal nude scenes ‘at the age that I am’

Actor stars as a teacher who hires a sex worker in the newly released comedy

The Independent UK

‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’ review: Emma Thompson is a widow who hires a sex worker to make up for lost time

In “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” on Hulu, a retired school teacher arranges to meet a sex worker at hotel in the hopes of making up for decades of being in a physically unfulfilling marriage. Widowed now for two years, she looks to be in her 60s. Her gentleman…

Chicago Tribune

Emma Thompson talks about the ‘challenge’ of shooting full-frontal nude scenes ‘at the age that I am’

Actor stars as a teacher who hires a sex worker in the newly released comedy

The Independent UK

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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande: This is what a sex worker really thinks of intimacy with clients

Dame Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack’s new film revolves around a powerful intimacy between a sex worker and their client. Kate Ng speaks to sex worker Audrey to find out if if this genuine connection is ever replicated in real life

The Independent UK

'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande' review: Sex positive comedy scores

A mature comedy about sex, intimacy and aging, "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande" strikes a delicate note in its handling of subjects that are often mishandled by the movies, when they're even dealt with at all.

Tribune News Service

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande review: Emma Thompson hires a gigolo in this sweet, nuanced comedy

Screenwriter Katy Brand doesn’t settle for easy sentiment in this refreshing two-hander

The Independent UK

Watch: First look at young Dublin actress as Matilda in upcoming movie

Dublin actress Alisha weir takes on the title role in Matilda The Musical, coming to cinemas in December

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Matilda: Netflix shares teaser trailer for musical - and first images of Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull

Emma Thompson transforms again: this time she is the world’s scariest teacher

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Damian Lewis backs art funding in tribute to late wife Helen

In today’s Diary: Damian Lewis on arts funding / Ruth Ozeki wasn’t expecting to win / Perry - Knight or Dame? / Emma Thompson’s orgasm conundrum

Evening Standard

‘I am literally going to cry’: Fans react to first glimpse of Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda

Clip shows actor wearing a military-style uniform, with her hair scraped back into a bun and her teeth yellowed

The Independent UK

Matilda first look sees Emma Thompson unrecognisable as fearsome Miss Trunchbull

Emma Thompson looks unrecognisable as she takes on one of the most feared villains on the big screen as Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical is recreated with spectacular effect

Daily Mirror

Netflix's Matilda: When you can watch it and cast as first trailer released

A new trailer has dropped for a new adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic

Wales Online

Emma Thompson wants to start a conversation about pleasure

The summer movie season has not, traditionally speaking, been known for its nuanced attention to female sexuality

The Independent UK

Emma Thompson congratulates Scottish school in running for global award

A SCOTTISH school in the running to be crowned the world’s best has received a message from an A-list celebrity.

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The Independent UK

Dame Emma Thompson congratulates Scottish school in running for global award

The actress has a long standing affiliation with Dunoon in Argyll and Bute where Dunoon Grammar is shortlisted for an international award.

The Guardian - UK

Orgasm gap: how Hollywood and science neglected female pleasure

Emma Thompson is right – more women are missing out on orgasms. Why?

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Despite the grabs, Aitch is A-OK with TikTok fever

Simone Ashley’s a big tease on Bridgerton / Pixie Lott sets off on Sardinia honeymoon / Emma Thompson lays it bare

The Independent UK

Emma Thompson delivers hilarious takedown of modern beauty standards: ‘I greatly regret the demise of the full bush’

‘But the whole thing of, we’ve got to get rid of all our hair is odd, isn’t it?’

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Sundance Film Festival London: The films, the tickets and everything you need to know

London’s hottest film festival is back for more - we’ve got the lowdown

The Guardian - UK

Toy story: costume designer launches museum dedicated to children’s play

Oscar-winner John Bright will put his vast collection of antique puppets, dolls and trains on show at new venue in East Sussex

The Guardian - UK

‘I knew I was in good hands’: Peaky Blinders’ Daryl McCormack on shooting sex scenes with Emma Thompson

The Irish actor might have been a sports star. Instead, he’s playing a sex worker opposite Thompson in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and fulfilling his grandad’s movie dream

The Times of India

Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson's new Christmas book to be released in October

Oscar-winning actress Dame Emma Thompson has written a new children's book titled 'Jim’s Spectacular Christmas' with illustrator Axel Scheffler. Interestingly, Thomspon and Scheffler have been pen pals for roughly 30 years and so teaming up for this project was easier for them. The book will be published by Puffin in…

The Independent UK

Dame Emma Thompson inspired by V&A founder’s dog to pen Christmas tale

The actress has teamed up with best-selling illustrator Axel Scheffler.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve seen bedsheets with my face on them’: Thomas Brodie-Sangster on obsessive fans, Love Actually and the Sex Pistols

The actor became famous at 13 in Richard Curtis’s yuletide romance. Now 32, he talks about playing Malcolm McLaren, the success of The Queen’s Gambit and coming to terms with not playing Ron Weasley

The Canberra Times

Scene one, take two: Capital Film Festival launches second inaugural program

The inaugural program includes Emma Thompson's latest film, an offering from Luke Hemsworth and a satirical horror movie filmed in Canberra.

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