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Judi Dench ‘breaks down in tears’ when asked about death of friend Maggie Smith

Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith had been close friends since their time at the Old Vic theatre in London in the 1950s

The Independent UK

‘She told me you shouldn’t put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow’: readers on Maggie Smith

From imposing glamour at a first night to her ready wit and disarming kindness out of the public eye, and for the indelible performances, readers remember a walking tour de force

The Guardian - UK

Meta’s AI chatbot just got a huge free upgrade — 5 prompts to try now

The latest Meta AI updates feature celebrity voices and lip-synched translations.

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Maggie Smith's best films ranked, according to Rotten Tomatoes

The Academy Award-winning actress died in hospital on Friday

Evening Standard

These Maggie Smith and Judi Dench conversations were so priceless and funny

The two were friends and costars over the years.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Dame Maggie Smith: Oscar-winning Harry Potter and Downton Abbey star dies, aged 89

Giant of stage and screen was one of Britain’s most successul stars

The Independent UK

Meta Unveils Orion AR Glasses, Upgrades AI Chatbot With Celebrity Voices

Meta shows off its new AR glasses, along with a better AI chatbot with Judi Dench-like voice.

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Meta AI Voice takes on ChatGPT Voice with new assistant — featuring voices like Judi Dench

Meta AI announced new voice-enabled AI assistance using high-profile actors

Tom’s Guide

Report: John Cena and Judi Dench's next role is your Meta AI voice

Meta is reportedly planning to use celebrity voices for Meta AI assistant.

TechRadar

June Watson: ‘In the 1970s at the National you couldn’t rehearse after lunch because everybody had had too much to drink!’

The actor on the extraordinary second life of her stage career, learning lines in your 80s, and the secret of her long marriage

The Guardian - UK

Unappealing as some life peers are, entitled lords are defending the indefensible

Tony Blair’s bodged upper house reform enabled a kind of Garrick Club, with no risk of women

The Guardian - UK

Bianca Del Rio on life beyond the West End, bonding with Dame Judi Dench and eyeing Strictly Come Dancing

EXCLUSIVE: The US star reflected on a decade of success after winning Drag Race in 2014

Evening Standard

If these walls could talk: Portrait artist to celebrities and royals puts Chelsea home on the market for £850k

Christian Hook is selling the home where he painted Judi Dench, Richard Branson and the Duchess of York

Evening Standard

Lisa Westcott obituary

Oscar and Bafta-winning hair and makeup artist who worked on Les Misérables, Shakespeare in Love and The Madness of King George, and spent 26 years at the BBC

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Matt Smith casts doubt over use of trigger warnings: ‘Everything’s being dialled and dumbed down’

‘Isn’t being shocked, surprised, stirred the point?’ actor asked

Marie Claire

32 Times Celebrities Went Gray (and Looked Absolutely Stunning)

From the lightest streaks of white to a whole head of silver hair.

The Independent UK

Jay Blades comforts Judi Dench as she becomes emotional over late husband

Pair have made a show about their friendship, after meeting on an episode of ‘The Repair Shop’

The Guardian - UK

Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple review – Dench and Blades’ real-life friendship fills you with wonder

The acting legend and the Repair Shop host lift the lid on their relationship in a way that is intimate and beautiful – despite the show’s insistence on tiring stunts

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The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: an unlikely but charming job swap between Judi Dench and Jay Blades

Jay reads Shakespeare while Judi works on a market stall in this delightful doc. Plus, Team GB’s Olympic heroes are welcomed home. Here’s what to watch this evening.

The Guardian - UK

Rory Kinnear: ‘I congratulate everyone who is on the brink of baldness’

He was sworn to secrecy on Bond and is about to take on a fan-favourite character in The Rings of Power. But, for all the blockbuster roles, the British actor is a very sensible star

The National (Scotland)

Only cinema in Scottish town, once backed by Judi Dench, goes up for sale

The only cinema in a Scottish town has gone up for sale after closing in May ...

Evening Standard

Brits with eye conditions to receive DWP benefits in rules change

People from their mid-50s are more likely to suffer from the condition

The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench review – a class act

Ripe language and impish humour abound as Barbara Flynn reads the actor’s entertaining recollections of seven decades on stage – and Dench herself recites excerpts from the Bard

The Independent UK

Judi Dench and Siân Phillips become the first women members of Garrick Club

Private members’ club voted in May to admit women

The Guardian - UK

Judi Dench and Siân Phillips become first female members of Garrick Club

Exclusive: Veteran actors fast-tracked into venerable London club in wake of men-only rule being jettisoned after 193 years

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