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Hugh Grant has spoken out against the closure of his local Picturehouse Cinema in southwest London on the eve of screens going black at the venue which has been home to a cinema theater for nearly one hundred years. Picturehouse, the UK boutique cinema arm of ailing global exhibitor Cineworld…

A24 on Tuesday morning unveiled the first trailer for Heretic, a psychological horror film from the A Quiet Place duo of Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, which is slated for release in theaters on November 15. Starring Hugh Grant (Wonka), who plays very much against type — as we were first to report…

Hugh Grant is a Swiftie praising Taylor Swift after attending the second night of the singer’s Eras Tour stop at London’s Wembley Stadium. After experiencing Swift’s live concert, the Notting Hill star took to social media to express his admiration for the Fortnight singer and her boyfriend Travis…

UPDATE, 3:08 PM: Apple CEO Tim Cook’s X post on the much condemned “Crush” ad for the new iPad Pro has been viewed around 53 million times and the in-house produced promo is still on the tech giant’s YouTube page, but Apple is now saying sorry. “Our goal is to always celebrate the myriad of ways…

For years various producers have pitched doing something like a zany It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, only populated by an epic cast of contemporary comedy stars just like that Stanley Kramer supercomedy did during its time in 1963. So it is probably not a coincidence that Jerry Seinfeld selected that very…

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UPDATE, 2.58am, April 18: Hugh Grant has explained his decision to settle in his privacy case with the publisher of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid The Sun, saying civil litigation rules in the UK forced his hand. In a thread on social media, he wrote: “I don't want to accept this money or settle. I would…

Renée Zellweger (Judy) has closed a deal to reprise the role that brought her her first Oscar nomination in Universal Pictures and Working Title’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Deadline has learned. Others set to return in the film, from director Michael Morris (To Leslie), include Hugh Grant (Won…

Hugh Grant was on curmudgeonly form during a press conference marking the release of Wonka, telling journalists that he hated playing an Oompa Loompa in the film. Grant, who is no stranger to grumpy outbursts, said he loathed the experience of shooting CGI scenes for the Warner Bros. genesis story of…

You might not be able to tell it from the trailers but Wonka, the latest movie inspired by Roald Dahl’s classic 1964 children’s story “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is, make no mistake about it, a full-on movie musical that I found to be more in the…

Warner Bros & Heyday Films' Wonka rolled out the red carpet in London this evening for the world premiere of the feature musical. Talent present at the Royal Festival Hall included stars Timothée Chalamet, Hugh Grant, Olivia Colman, Rowan Atkinson, Keegan-Michael Key, Sally Hawkins, Jim Carter, Matt…

UPDATED with new trailer: After debuting the first footage from Paul King’s Wonka at CinemaCon last year, Warner Bros has unwrapped the latest trailer for the prequel to Roald Dahl beloved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Timothée Chalamet stars as the enigmatic Willy Wonka in the pic that focuses on…