Dame Judi Dench: Last News

Netflix has resumed production for season six of acclaimed royal drama The Crown and sources say the platform recreated the death of Princess Diana over the weekend

A week after Maggie Smith‘s death, best friend Dame Judi Dench is at a loss for words.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Fern McCann has admitted that she knew some people 'wouldn't like' the unique name she has given her new baby girl. The former TOWIE star gave birth to her first child with fiancé Lorri Haines on 6 July.

Kevin Spacey has begun taking to the stand and defending himself against the numerous sexual assault allegations during his U.K. trial this week.

King Charles has offered “heartfelt thanks” to people involved in the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) after the initiative announced it has planted more than three million trees.The scheme was launched in May 2021 to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and was extended after her death in September last year to allow people to plant trees in memoriam. Charles said: “It is hard to believe that two years have passed since my mother and I planted a tree in Windsor Great Park to mark the commencement of the Queen’s Green Canopy.

Camilla, Queen Consort, has made her first public appearance since recovering from another bout of Covid-19 to launch her book project – founded to help people of all generations share a love of reading – as a charity.The project, previously known as The Reading Room after being started as reading lists published on Instagram during lockdown in January 2021, has now become The Queen’s Reading Room. It is hoped it will help boost a global love of literature.

Oscar nominations have been announced, with The Power of the Dog leading the way on 12 nods, and plenty of love for Dune, Belfast and West Side Story – but it’s all change in the acting categories.The 94th annual Academy Awards is on Sunday March 27 and set to return in style after the Covid pandemic prevented a normal ceremony from taking place in 2021.The show will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and will be televised live in the United States on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.Alongside additions and exclusions for performances, Spider-Man, No Time To Die and Sir Ridley Scott where shut out of main categories, while Being the Ricardos popped up as a contender.Here’s a rundown of the 2022 Oscars’ biggest snubs and surprises…Despite a lot of noise around her performance and a Bafta nomination, Lady Gaga has been dropped from the leading actress category for her bold performance as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci.The film follows the true story of Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver)’s murder and his ex-wife Reggiani (Lady Gaga), who was convicted of hiring the hitman who killed him in 1995 – years after their marriage fell apart.On that note, Sir Ridley Scott saw both of his 2021 films, House of Gucci and The Last Duel, almost entirely shut out by the Academy, save for a solitary nomination for House of Gucci’s make-up and hairstyling (Jared Leto’s physical transformation into the portly, balding Paolo Gucci alone is surely worth the recognition).Leto himself has also missed out on a supporting actor nod, meaning his acting won’t see him in contention for both a Razzie (well, two actually) and an Oscar for the same part.After a kerfuffle with submission for the Baftas, Spider-Man: No Way Home

snubbed at the SAG Awards and the Baftas, Kristen has been nominated in the leading actress category for Spencer.She’ll be up against Jessica Chastain for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Olivia Colman for The Lost Daughter, Penelope Cruz for Parallel Mothers, and Nicole Kidman for Being The Ricardos.Up for leading actor are Javier Bardem for Being the Ricardos, Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog, Andrew Garfield for  tick, tick… BOOM!, Will Smith for King Richard, and Denzel Washington for The Tragedy of Macbeth.The supporting actress category also saw incredible stars nominated, including Dame Judi Dench, who’s nominated for Belfast, and Jessie Buckley, who earned a nod for The Lost Daughter.They’re up against Ariana DeBose for West Side Story, Kirsten Dunst for The Power of the Dog, and Aunjanue Ellis for King Richard.Meanwhile, competing in the supporting actor category are Ciarán Hinds for Belfast, Troy Kotsur for CODA, Jesse Plemmons for The Power of the Dog, JK Simmons for Being The Ricardos, and Kodi Smit-McPhee for The Power of the Dog.Nominated for the coveted best picture award are Belfast, CODA, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power Of The Dog, and West Side Story.Meanwhile, Beyonce has scored her first ever nomination for her part in the King Richard soundtrack, battling against Billie Eilish’s No Time To Die.Responding to the nods for Belfast, Sir Kenneth Branagh said: ‘It’s a long way from the streets of Belfast to the Academy Awards‘Today, I think of my mother and father, and my grandparents – how proud they were to be Irish, how much this city meant to them.‘They would have been overwhelmed by this incredible honour – as am I.‘Given a story as

Boris Johnson to secure a deal for artists to have visa-free travel around Europe following Brexit. Dame Judi Dench also joined some of the biggest names in British theatre to urge the Prime Minister to offer a solution for the ‘towering hurdle’ the industry is facing. In a letter from artists union Equity, which was signed by over 100 members including Miriam Margolyes, Anne-Marie Duff and Celia Imrie, they called for Mr Johnson to secure visa-free travel to ensure artists could keep working.An excerpt, via the Guardian, reads: ‘Before, we were able to travel to Europe visa-free.

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supports HTML5 videoDame Judi Dench might not have been the TikTok star we expected to come out of 2020, but the Oscar winner has been winning over a legion of fans with her videos.Dame Judi, 85, has been taking part in viral video challenges with her 23-year-old grandson, Sam Williams, and admitted it ‘saved her life’ amid the lockdown. With the film and theatre industry at a standstill due to to the pandemic, she admitted she was grateful to have the creative outlet. She told Channel 4 News: ‘Well it saved my life. I know nothing about TikTok.