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Hugh Grant

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Filming starts on Paddington 2

Filming has started on Paddington 2, the sequel to the highly successful 2014 film. Hugh Grant and Brendan Gleeson join the cast.

British Comedy Guide, 18th October 2016

She has landed the Darcy (Colin Firth) of her dreams, but the course of true love isn't running too smoothly for Bridget. He's still a bit of a prig, and that charming Daniel (Hugh Grant) is still oozing about. The Thailand shenanigans (she's busted for drugs) are silly, but that down-to-earth Renée Zellweger charm sees this patchy sequel through, and paves the way for the follow-up, Bridget Jones's Baby, which is due on Friday.

Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 13th September 2016

Bridget Jones's Baby review: "a bundle of joy"

Renée Zellweger's hapless heroine is pregnant - but unsure who the father is - in a comedy sequel that really delivers.

Stella Papamichael, Radio Times, 6th September 2016

Norton introduces some of his favourite moments from the past 14 shows in this series closer, featuring the usual roster of A-listers; the likes of Helen Mirren, Russell Crowe and Samuel L Jackson. Given his guests' extraordinary willingness to bare their souls and more, we may well be treated again to Dame Joan Collins opening up about her late sister or Hugh Grant breezily revealing how many of his leading ladies couldn't stand him.

Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 1st July 2016

Florence Foster Jenkins review

While the tonal shifts between the comic and tragic sides of the story aren't resolved and leave some residual discomfort, the film also reminds us of the importance of the arts, especially when bigger world events may make such concerns appear trivial. In today's climate of increasing austerity and cuts for this sector, Florence Foster Jenkins shows that music and performance can offer a little escapism and a lot of therapy.

Kevin Wright, TV Bomb, 17th May 2016

Florence Foster Jenkins review

Meryl Streep shines as New York's unforgettably talentless soprano.

Matt Wolf, The Arts Desk, 6th May 2016

Florence Foster Jenkins -- film review: 'A deft comedy'

Meryl Streep is a perfect fit as the notoriously tuneless singer in Stephen Frears' film.

Danny Leigh, The Financial Times, 5th May 2016

Review: Florence Foster Jenkins

Meryl Streep is typically divine as the socialite singer who became a legend for all the wrong reasons.

Angie Errigo, The List, 4th May 2016

Hugh Grant excelled himself on The Graham Norton show

It's rare to see Hugh Grant on a chat show sofa but after his appearance on The Graham Norton Show, there will no doubt be more calls for it to happen as soon as possible.

Amy Duncan, Metro, 16th April 2016

No doubt who is the biggest star on Graham's sofa tonight, as three-time Oscar-winner Meryl Streep visits the studio to discuss playing Florence Foster Jenkins in Stephen Frears's biopic of the tuneless opera singer. Streep's co-star Hugh Grant also appears, as does Keeley Hawes, promoting The Durrells. Music arrives from Eurovision hopefuls Joe and Jake, performing You're Not Alone, hopefully not a fateful choice of title given how many Eurovisions have ended with Britain's acts looking very lonely indeed.

Jonathan Wright, The Guardian, 15th April 2016

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