Hugh Grant’s lawsuit over decade-old claims that he was targeted by Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers — specifically the UK’s The Sun — can proceed to trial, a U.K. high court ruled Friday. Grant — in addition to other British celebrities like Prince Harry, whose lawsuit against News Group is …
Read More »Hugh Grant Should've Known Saying Drew Barrymore Can't Sing Was Only Gonna Make Drew Barrymore Sing More
Drew Barrymore is making sure Hugh Grant will never forget the dulcet, slightly off-key (but endearingly so!) tones of her voice after the actor took a little jab at her singing in a recent interview. While speaking with Wired, Grant — who’s been in the news for being prickly lately …
Read More »Hugh Grant Rolls His Eyes After Painfully Awkward Oscars Red Carpet Interview
Why stop to do an interview on the red carpet if you’re going to be a dick on live TV? That’s the question we have for Hugh Grant, who literally rolled his eyes after dismissing every one of Ashley Graham’s questions during ABC’s Oscars pre-show broadcast on Sunday. Graham came …
Read More »'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' Proves Chris Pine Can Save Anything
Swords. Sorcery. Multi-sided dice. The dubious title of “Dungeon Master.” Tiny, pewter miniatures of warriors, wizards, and assorted mythological creatures. Basement rec rooms. Groups of teenage dudes — not exclusively dudes, but almost always dudes — huddled around battle maps and books of grid paper. These are the things that …
Read More »Not Even Aubrey Plaza Can Save 'Operation Fortune,' Guy Ritchie's Weak Stab at Bond
Quick question: Have you seen The Man From U.N.C.L.E.? We don’t mean the popular TV show of the 1960s, in which Robert Vaughn and David McCallum surfed the era’s espionage-a-go-go wave and brought big Bond-style adventure to the little screen every week. We’re talking about the 2015 movie that wanted …
Read More »'Love Actually' Cast to Reunite for 20th Anniversary Holiday Special
The landmark 2003 romantic comedy, “Love Actually,” turns 20 next year. To mark the occasion, cast members are reuniting on ABC next week for a TV holiday special with Diane Sawyer. The anniversary feature will include interviews with Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy, Laura Linney, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Olivia …
Read More »Comic-Con Day One: Dungeons, Dragons, Elementary Schools and Office Mysteries
For the first time in three years, Comic-Con is finally back in San Diego in full force, bringing hundreds of thousands of comic book and pop culture fans to the San Diego Convention Center — many of whom, predictably, arrived decked out in elaborate fantasy garb and cosplay, even on …
Read More »Activists Hijack Boris Johnson Resignation Coverage With 'Benny Hill' Theme, Thanks to Hugh Grant
U.K. activists celebrated the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson in perhaps the most British way possible: By hijacking live televised interviews with Conservative Party members with the Benny Hill theme song. The shenanigans started, British-ly enough, after actor Hugh Grant tweeted to activist Steve Bray in the aftermath of …
Read More »'The Gentlemen' Review: Lock, Stock, and Way Too Stale for Its Own Good
When was the last time you watched Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels? If you remember Guy Ritchie‘s debut hitting American screens back in the spring of 1999, you might recall how familiar it felt — we’d already spent most of the decade watching smooth criminals in clever, chatty caper …
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