Love Actually Writer & Director Richard Curtis Admits Movie’s Fat-Shaming Jokes Are No ‘Longer Funny’

Teen Mum UK star Chloe Patton has admitted it would be 'wild' if she had another baby while on the show. The TV personality is one of the longest-standing members of the series, having joined in 2016 at the age of 17 with her baby Marley and partner Jordan Edwards. In a new episode airing tonight (November 1), the couple talk about how they are considering having another child.

There has been an update on Friends star Matthew Perry's cause of death update after autopsy toxicology tests came back. Initial toxicology tests did not show any fentanyl or meth in Matthew's system at the time of death.The full test will reveal if the former Friends star had harmful amounts of prescription drugs in his system at the time of his death.

Sophie Hinchcliffe, aka Mrs Hinch, admitted she was 'emotional' as she visited her previous home on Halloween, after she and her family moved to a £1million farmhouse just down the road.The 33 year old mum of two made a name for herself as a cleaning sensation on Instagram, which is said to have earned her millions of pounds, as well as a massive 4.7million followers. Longtime followers of Mrs Hinch will remember her original Essex home, which featured on her daily Instagram posts, but in 2022, she, along with husband Jamie and sons Ronnie, 4, and Lennie, 2, moved into their 'dream' home - a farmhouse that Sophie had had her eye on since she was a little girl.

Paris and Tyson Fury pulled out all the stops when celebrating Halloween with their children, so much so that they transformed their lavish Morecambe mansion into a spooky scene.The boxing champion, 35, and his wife of 15 years, 33, made Halloween extra special for their youngest children just a few weeks after welcoming their seventh child, a baby boy called Prince Rico Paris.The couple are also parents to Venezuela, 14, Prince John James, 12, Prince 'Tutty', seven, Valencia, five, Prince Adonis Amaziah, four and Athena, two. Paris took to Instagram on Tuesday to share with her 1.7 million followers a glimpse inside their Halloween decorations at their lavish pad.

Robert De Niro, the Oscar-winning actor, lost his cool in a New York courtroom this week. He shouted "shame on you!" at his former assistant, Graham Chase Robinson, who is suing him for millions of dollars, accusing him of being abusive. Graham, 41, watched with her lawyers as De Niro's anger built while attorney Andrew Macurdy discussed accusations about the actor's behaviour towards Robinson from 2008 until 2019.

Sir Bobby Charlton tragically passed away following an accidental fall at a care home.The Manchester United legend died aged 86 last month following a battle with dementia. He is regarded as one of English football's greatest ever players after winning the World Cup, European Cup, Ballon d'Or and three league titles, among other honours. An inquest was held to distinguish Charlton's cause of death.The England hero suffered an accidental fall at the Willows care home in Knutsford and was declared dead at Macclesfield Hospital on Saturday, October 21 - the court heard.The inquest heard that Charlton lost his balance as he stood up from his chair and hit a windowsill.

Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song made the most of Halloween as they took their two children out for some trick-or-treating in LA's Toluca Lake neighbourhood. Actress Brenda Song, 35, who played London Tipton in the popular Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, dressed as a witch as she wore a black dress featuring lace sleeves, a cross necklace, and a black witch's hat. Completing her spooky ensemble, she opted for a smokey eye look, dark purple lipstick and some matching nail varnish.

Drew Barrymore has a new man in her life!

Bustle magazine, the Oscar-winning actress and businesswoman said that she hopes her children “feel free to pursue exactly what they want to do” without fear of judgement.The term ‘nepo baby’ refers to the children of celebrities who have success in similar careers. Nepo is short for nepotism.The phrase went viral online last year as social media users drew attention to a number rising stars who have famous parents, such as Brooklyn Beckham, Jaden and Willow Smith, and Euphoria star Maude Apatow, who is the daughter of director Judd Apatow and actress Leslie Mann.In January, Paltrow’s 19-year-old daughter Apple Martin — whose father is Coldplay singer Chris Martin — made her debut as a model at Chanel’s Paris Fashion Week.Paltrow said that there is a “whole nepo baby culture and judgement that exists around kids of famous people”.“She’s really just a student, and… she just wants to be a kid and be at school and learn.

Gwyneth Paltrow revealed that the birth of her daughter Apple in 2004 was her reason to leave Hollywood. "Once I had Apple, I really didn't want to fly off and go [on] location, and I wanted to be home," the Goop founder explained to reporters at the launch event for her more affordable good.clean.goop beauty line Wednesday.

Gwyneth Paltrow fans, take a good look at your girl, cause she’s not going to be in the public eye much longer!

to share on the term. Paltrow—daughter of Emmy winning actor Blythe Danner and television producer/director Bruce Paltrow—has , so you can probably guess where this is going.“Now there’s this whole nepo baby culture, and judgment that exists around kids of famous people,” the Oscar-winner told in a recent interview, adding, “there’s nothing wrong with doing or wanting to do what your parents do,” and, “I think it’s kind of an ugly moniker.” Paltrow told the outlet that she hopes her children, Apple and Moses, always feel free to pursue whatever career they want without fear of judgment from others, which is fair enough.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.The last time Paltrow weighed in on nepo babies, she was commenting on Hailey Bieber's “nepo baby” t-shirt, writing on , “I might need a few of these.” And before the term “nepo baby” entered popular lexicon, she and Bieber talked nepotism on an episode of Bieber's YouTube channel, “Who's in My Bathroom.” Per , Paltrow said, “I really do feel that once your foot is in the door—which you unfairly got in—then you have to work almost twice as hard and be twice as good because people are ready to pull you down and say you don’t belong there and you’re only there because of your dad or your mom or whatever the case may be.”One thing about .By Stacey LeascaBy GlamourBy Elizabeth LoganBy Alex KesslerMore from GlamourSee More Stories© 2023 Condé Nast.

Gwyneth Paltrow has had an incredible career in the spotlight, but once she sells Goop, we may never see her again. The actress and businesswoman built the company reportedly worth $250 million, and although she isn’t ready to sell, she might say goodbye to fame once she does.In a recent interview with Bustle, the “Shallow Hal” star opened up about aging, beauty, her family, and more. The 51-year-old brought up disappearing from the public eye- twice.

Gwyneth Paltrow is ready to make her exit. The Oscar winner detailed what she wants her life to look like when she retires in the future.“I will literally disappear from public life,” Paltrow, 51, told Bustle in an interview published on Wednesday.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Gwyneth Paltrow briefly entered the “nepo baby” discourse in January when she commented on an Instagram post of Hailee Bieber wearing a shirt with the moniker on it and wrote: “I might need a few of these.” Now Paltrow, the daughter of actor Blythe Danner and director/producer Bruce Paltrow who is an Oscar winner in her own right, entered the discourse more forcefully by telling Bustle the term “nepo baby” is an “ugly moniker.” “Now there’s this whole nepo baby culture, and judgment that exists around kids of famous people,” Paltrow said when her 19-year-old daughter Apple got brought up. “She’s really just a student, and she’s been very…She just wants to be a kid and be at school and learn.

Gwyneth Paltrow is opening up about her career.

Richard Curtis is looking back at his early films like Bridget Jones’s Diary, Notting Hill and Love Actually and regretting he was not “ahead of the curve” in terms of the jokes and portrayal of women.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Love Actually” writer-director Richard Curtis admitted at the Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival (via Today) that he regrets the many weight-centric jokes he wrote into his 2003 Christmas classic. The character Natalie (Martine McCutcheon) is often mocked for her weight throughout the film, with her dad calling her “plumpy,” a colleague noting she has “huge thighs” and her love interest (Hugh Grant) saying “God, you weigh a lot” after she jumps into his arms.

Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham literature festival and they looked back on the hit romance flicks.Curtis expressed remorse for his fat jokes, saying: “I remember how shocked I was five years ago when Scarlett said to me: ‘You can never use the word ‘fat’ again.’“Wow, you were right. In my generation, calling someone chubby [was funny] – in ‘Love Actually,’ there were jokes about that.

Bridget Jones’s Diary and Love Actually.The director and screenwriter expressed regret over decisions in his previous films during an appearance at The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival where he was interviewed by his daughter Scarlett.During the interview Scarlett raised that there had been “growing criticism around the ways your films treated women and people of colour”, citing descriptions of Bridget Jones as having “tree-trunk thighs” and the lack of diversity in 1999 film Notting Hill (“one of the birthplaces of the British black civil rights movement”).In response, Curtis said: “I think because I came from a very undiverse school and a bunch of university friends, I think that I hung on to the feeling that I wouldn’t know how to write those parts. I think I was just stupid and wrong about that.“I felt as though me, my casting director, my producers just didn’t look outwards.”Speaking specifically about fat jokes, Curtis said: “I remember how shocked I was five years ago when Scarlett said to me, ‘You can never use the word ‘fat’ again.’ Wow you were right.

A colossal congratulations is in order for legendary movie director Richard Curtis, after he "secretly tied the knot" with long-term girlfriend Emma Freud last month.The movie mogul - known for directing heart-warming hits like Love Actually and Notting Hill - certainly knows a thing or two about happily ever afters, so fans were left confused after there was previously no wedding in sight for the pair, despite being together for over three decades. But speaking to press at Cheltenham Literature Festival in Gloucestershire this Saturday, Richard, 66, and Emma, 61, accidentally let slip that they had exchanged vows four weeks earlier.