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Why does everyone love to hate Love Actually?

Over the years, Richard Curtis’s schmaltzy holiday romcom has become our go-to seasonal whipping boy. Get a grip, writes Jessie Thompson – no one ever said ‘Love Actually’ should be a manual for a life

The Independent UK

Famous names tell the BBC to save black and Asian radio shows

Celebrities and MPs have rushed to sign an open letter to BBC bosses. They call for the corporation to maintain its dedicated black and Asian programmes on local radio, following reports that these are under threat from budget cuts.

Evening Standard

Love Actually: What the actors have gone on to star in, from Harry Potter to The Queen’s Gambit

The romcom’s stars have appeared in major franchises from Harry Potter to Pirates of the Caribbean

The Independent UK

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How to save money this Christmas – send your cards via Japan

Letters: Christmas card efficiencies | Problems with Love Actually | Scots accent confusion | Welsh bonus in Wordsearch

The Guardian - UK

Mary McNamara: 'Love Actually' is like fruitcake: love it or hate it (and I choose love), it's here to stay

It's that most wonderful time of the year again, when, a full month early, Michael Buble breathes holiday tunes down the neck of every supermarket shopper, the local Christmas tree lot springs from the mulch of the local pumpkin patch and people start getting very heated about "Love Actually."

Los Angeles Times

Love Actually: Richard Curtis says Alan Rickman was driven ‘insane’ by one particular scene

Late actor starred as Harry, husband to Emma Thompson’s Karen

The Independent UK

Richard Curtis admits parts of Christmas classic Love Actually 'feels out of date'

The award-winning British screenwriter said there were moments of the film that were now “bound to feel out of date”

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What is 'Love Actually' about? Pain and suffering, according to Hugh Grant's wife

Hugh Grant is just like us: ringing in the holiday season by "drunkenly" watching "Love Actually."

Los Angeles Times

Hugh Grant speaks out on most 'excruciating' Love Actually scene

He said he thought he would 'hate doing' the scene when he first read the script

Liverpool Echo

Where are they now? Love Actually cast to reunite in special

Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are among the stars reuniting to celebrate Richard Curtis’s 2003 film, Love Actually

Evening Standard

Help! I just can’t seem to make new friends

I met up with my friend Emily last night. Like most of my closest friends we first met when we were in our twenties, but in recent years have found that marriage, children and the general busyness that flows from both means we rarely see each other. The fact that…

Evening Standard

Emma Thompson thinks your heart is stronger after being ‘broken 10 times’

‘There’s something about the scar tissue that makes it stronger,’ actor said

The Independent UK

Richard Curtis: lack of diversity in Love Actually makes me feel a bit stupid

In a TV special marking the festive romcom’s 20th anniversary the director says ‘some moments … feel out of date’

The Guardian - UK

Hugh Grant calls Love Actually scene 'excruciating' as film celebrates 20th anniversary

Hugh Grant has revealed how he really feels about the iconic Downing Street dance scene in Love Actually as the Christmas film celebrates 20 years since its release

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Richard Curtis says lack of diversity in Love Actually makes him feel ‘uncomfortable and a bit stupid’

‘My film is bound in some moments to feel out of date,’ said filmmaker

The Independent UK

‘Richard Curtis on steroids’: Hugh Grant thinks Love Actually is ‘a bit psychotic’

‘You have to remember that when he writes about love, he means it,’ actor said

Wales Online

Hugh Grant admits he 'hated' filming Love Actually's famous Downing Street dance scene

The actor has joined co-star Emma Thompson and writer Richard Curtis to reminisce about the festive classic on its 20th anniversary

The Independent UK

Hugh Grant says he tried to get out of filming ‘excruciating’ Love Actually scene

‘I saw it in the script and I thought, “Well, I’ll hate doing that”’

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Evening Standard

Love Actually’s Emma Thompson recalls Hugh Grant’s hilarious reaction after seeing film for the first time

Diane Sawyer interviewed the cast in a forthcoming 20th anniversary special set to air on ABC later this month.

Manchester Evening News

Love Actually stars are reuniting for one-off 20th anniversary special

Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are among the actors returning

Wales Online

Love Actually cast to reunite for 20th anniversary special

It will examine how the Covid-19 pandemic “refocused the ways we love and connect”

The Guardian - UK

Ryan Reynolds to appear at Just for Laughs comedy festival at O2 London

The festival will celebrate 40th anniversary in 2023 with London shows featuring the actor talking to Rob Delaney, plus host of standup acts

Evening Standard

Credits roll on Richard Curtis’ time in Notting Hill as he and Emma Freud reported to have sold family home

The couple are believed to have accepted an offer for the end-of-terrace property they’ve owned for almost quarter of a century

The Guardian - UK

The People We Hate at the Wedding review – a tepid glass of nuptial chardonnay

This laugh-free US-UK culture-clash movie focuses on preparations for a wedding in London and makes you appreciate the alchemies of Nancy Meyer and Richard Curtis

The Independent UK

‘I’m sold’: Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell excite fans with tap dancing skills in new Christmas film trailer

Forthcoming comedy puts a musical spin on Charles Dickens’s classic, ‘A Christmas Carol’

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