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Minnie Driver is looking back at the ’90s.The actress, 54, revealed that her 1997 action comedy movie “Grosse Pointe Blank” was “revolutionary” to her. On Wednesday’s episode of SiriusXM’s “This Life of Mine with James Corden,” Driver confessed that the project was almost completely improvised because the original script was “disastrous.”“Grosse Pointe Blank” stars John Cusack as a hitman who returns home for his 10-year high school reunion and reconnects with the ex-girlfriend (Driver) he still has feelings for.“We were making [“Grosse Pointe Blank”] and the script isn’t really that good, and everyone knows the script isn’t really that good, but it’s this great idea,” she told Corden.

Gavin & Stacey fans are experiencing mixed emotions as the Christmas special of the BBC series draws near, which is set to air in less than a week's time. They're thrilled about the return of the Ruth Jones and James Corden comedy after a hiatus of five years, but also disheartened by the revelation from the co-creators that this instalment is intended to be the grand finale.

Ruth Jones and James Corden were visibly moved as they discussed reviving their beloved series for one last epic hurrah.

James Corden recently opened up on his relationship with food and the reason he stopped using Ozempic.

Gavin and Stacey star Mathew Horne has reportedly suffered a head injury during his performance on the West End.

Gavin and Stacey's Mathew Horne, who plays the beloved Gavin, was rushed off stage after a head injury during a West End performance.The actor, currently starring in The Tempest at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, suffered the mishap just ten minutes into Tuesday [17 December] night's show. He hit his forehead on a rock while rolling on the floor as part of the play.

The Gavin and Stacey Christmas special airing on BBC will explore Nessa's "chequered life" according to co-creator of the show James Corden.

Gavin And Stacey finale on Christmas Day, Mathew Horne has defended his co-star James Corden and addressed rumours of a feud between the pair.Horne plays the titular Gavin on the hit BBC sitcom, while Corden, who plays Gavin’s best friend Smithy, co-created the show alongside Ruth Jones, who plays Nessa, the mother of Smithy’s child.Horne and Corden also worked on their own sketch show together, and co-starred in the 2009 comedy horror movie Lesbian Vampire Killers too. However, the same year, claims began to surface online that the two had fallen out.However, Horne has told The Times in a new interview: “the notion of us falling out wasn’t true” – he described it as a false narrative that “silenced” him when he wanted to talk publicly about Corden.

Alex Ritman Writer and executive producer Ed Solomon, whose extensive list of credits includes the “Men in Black” and “Bill & Ted” film series, has signed with London and L.A.-based management and production company 42. Solomon’s upcoming projects include Steven Soderbergh’s “The Christophers,” set to star Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel and James Corden and about the estranged children of a once-famous artist who hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be discovered and sold after his death.

Gavin And Stacey finale is one of the most eagerly-anticipated moments of the TV calendar this year, and the official trailer is out now – watch it below.It’s been five years since the last episode of the iconic sitcom – the 2019 Christmas special – which ended in a cliffhanger after Nessa, played by Ruth Jones, proposed to Smithy (James Corden).The trailer doesn’t reveal whether the pair, who share son Neil the Baby (Oscar Hartland) are now married, with viewers needing to wait until Christmas Day to find out what happened in the years since the last episode.However, it teases a potential explanation of what happened between Uncle Bryn (Rob Brydon) and his nephew, Jason (Robert Wilfort), on their infamous fishing trip – one of the biggest mysteries in the show.

Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga and Dua Lipa have appeared in Apple TV’s A Carpool Karaoke Christmas.The festive special aired last night (December 15), with an hour-long instalment of the show put out on Apple’s platforms in a surprise release.Taking over from James Corden, Zane Lowe took on the role of guest driver and part-time backing singer as he shuttled the three artists around Missouri, Tokyo and Los Angeles, with Roan and Lipa covering Christmas classics as well as their own hits.The ‘Good Luck, Babe’ singer took on Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ – which she recently performed alongside Sabrina Carpenter on A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter -while Lipa tackled the Ronettes’ ‘Sleigh Ride’.Gaga, true to form, elected to sing an original, joking to Lowe she prefers “a song that the whole family can get together and sing,” before breaking into 2008’s ‘Christmas Tree, in which she sings: “Underneath the mistletoe, everybody knows we will take off our clothes.”Throughout her segment, Gaga discussed her “crazy” collaboration with Bruno Mars and her upcoming album, ‘LG7’. After showing a clip of her late grandmother singing ‘Highway to Hell’, Lowe also surprised her and made a pit-stop to pick up AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, prompting the ‘Born This Way’ singer to recall being an extra in one of their videos when she was a teenager.Lipa also reflected on her teenage years while out Christmas shopping with Lowe in Tokyo, telling him she once got up on stage at a Katy Perry gig to perform a Whitney Houston cover alongside other audience members.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic All they want for Christmas is to ride shotgun. Superstar pop divas Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa and Chappell Roan go a-SUV-caroling in “A Very Carpool Karaoke Christmas,” a holiday special that was unwrapped as a surprise release Sunday night on Apple TV+ and Apple Music. The hour-long installment of the Emmy-winning “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” was put up on Apple’s platforms in a surprise release Sunday night at 9 p.m.

Apple TV+ and Apple Music have dropped a surprise holiday edition of Carpool Karaoke featuring segments with Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan and Dua Lipa.

Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page revealed she suffered a burn injury on the last day of filming.The actress is set to return to our screens on Christmas Day where she’ll play Stacey Shipman in the series finale. Joanna revealed that the burn incident happened when she became overwhelmed with emotion, and before it happened, she was in her trailer in tears with an assistant director. Joanna told Fabulous magazine: “On the last day on set, I was thinking ‘Pull yourself together’, but I was in such a state I knocked my boiling hot coffee over myself in make-up.

The holiday cheer is in full swing, and Larry Lamb is buzzing with excitement as he steps back into the shoes of Mick Shipman for the much-awaited finale of Gavin & Stacey.The iconic series, penned by the dynamic duo James Corden and Ruth Jones, is making a comeback after a five-year hiatus with one final episode to delight fans. "What an extraordinary experience filming it was," enthuses 77 year old Larry, who stars as Gavin's dad.

Brits will be counting down the days until their favourite TV programme's Christmas Special with a new study revealing the top shows the UK are most looking forward to this festive season.

The final episode of Gavin & Stacey will be broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day, but for fans who can’t wait that long, the BBC have released a clip that they have hidden on BBC iPlayer. Viewers who are catching up with the previous Christmas special, broadcast in 2019, are treated to a sneak peek from the new episode at the end, featuring favourite character Nessa (Ruth Jones) showing some tourists the highlights of Barry Island.

Gavin & Stacey finale and wondering if that’s all they’ll get until Christmas.Set five years after Nessa (Jones) proposed to Smithy (Corden), it was recently confirmed that despite airing on Christmas Day, the final instalment won’t be set during the festive period.While Steffan Rhodri, who plays Dave Coaches in the show, has recently teased a “very touching” final scene for the hit BBC sitcom, fans have been left wondering where they’ll pick up, as well as when an official trailer might drop.“They’re being oddly secretive about the gavin and stacey finale,” wrote one on X/Twitter. “Any teaser i’ve seen is old footage.

EXCLUSIVE: Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings franchise), Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You), and James Corden (Gavin & Stacey) are set to star in The Christophers, the next film from Steven Soderbergh, which goes into production in London in February.

Ruth Jones and James Corden have warned fans the Gavin & Stacey finale won’t be what they’re expecting.Set five years after Nessa (Jones) proposed to Smithy (Corden), it was recently confirmed that despite airing on Christmas Day the final episode won’t be set during the festive period.Steffan Rhodri also recently teased a “very touching” final scene for the hit BBC sitcom.But in a new interview for the Big Issue, Jones and Corden hint that it may not see the pair end up together.“I keep telling people this finale might not be what you are expecting,” Jones said. “And I guarantee we will definitely not be coming back.”Corden added: “What people are going to see on Christmas Day is the culmination of a 20-year love story, which hopefully shows, if nothing else, that love is complicated and messy and for everyone.”Last month, the first look at the cast in the upcoming Gavin & Stacey special was shared featuring Corden (Smithy), Mat Horne (Gavin), Joanna Page (Stacey) and Jones (Nessa).A synopsis also said the final episode will see Bryn (Rob Brydon) “packing the Picasso in readiness for a trip to Essex; Stacey and Gavin are looking for new ways to spice up their seventeen year marriage and Gwen (Melanie Walters) is behaving most strangely.

Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones has teased the possibility of a character's death this festive season, in an unexpected twist for fans.