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Mary Coleman has been named as chief creative officer at Locksmith Animation.Coleman joins the company from Pixar Animation where she was head of creative development.Coleman worked closely with Pixar’s directors from original concept through final draft, supporting their vision. During her tenure, Pixar created a legacy of modern classics including “Monsters, Inc” and  “Finding Nemo.”“Having someone of Mary Coleman’s professional stature come on board Locksmith as Chief Creative Officer is a milestone in our company’s journey,” said Locksmith CEO Fischer.

Viewers of The One Show were left confused and angry after millionaire filmmaker Richard Curtis told the public to switch their pension to a more sustainable one. He appeared on the show this evening (May 18) to discuss how pensions could be causing deforestation.

As the Oscars are rolling into town on Sunday, the annual conversation of the biggest snubs inevitably comes around.

Oscar nomination for his role in Christmas film comedy, Elf.He made the comments ahead of this year’s Oscars ceremony and went on to say that he didn’t think comedy was represented enough in the nominations.The Love Actually director, who is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said at the Oscar Wilde Awards in Los Angeles: “I always get very antsy about the fact that Will Ferrell didn’t get nominated for Elf.”“Or that Peter Sellers didn’t get nominated for Inspector Clouseau.”He added: “But it’s the price you pay, as it were. Comedies tend to make a bit of money, and then you don’t get the prizes.”Curtis went on to say that had Ferrell been nominated, he would have voted for him but that he “wasn’t given the chance”.He said that comedy is overlooked as a genre, “particularly the actors”.He continued: “I think it’s a real issue that comedy isn’t respected as much…but I do try and push for comedy performances whenever I can.” The 2022 Oscars takes place this Sunday (March 27).

Red Nose Day is back. Comic Relief’s flagship fundraising event returns today with the aim of generating millions of pounds to help people live free of poverty, violence and discrimination.

Comic Relief as Red Nose Day 2022 is just around the corner. Red Nose Day is an event designed to help put an end to child poverty around the world through fundraising events and TV specials, raising money to keep children safe, healthy, and educated. Celebs such as Jamie Laing, Hugh Bonneville, Joanna Lumley – and even Mr Blobby – have already come together to bring laughter and encourage the public to raise some funds, while Tom Daley recently completed an epic endurance test all in the name of Comic Relief.

 Notting Hill actor Hugh Grant blasted Nigel Farage on Twitter last night.The angry tweet came after the former Brexit Party leader called the Prime Minister’s Net Zero plans “ruinous”, demanding a referendum on the matter. Hugh, 61, pulled no punches as he told Nigel, 57, exactly what he thought of his proposal. In view of his 721,900 Twitter followers, he simply wrote: “Russian warship - go f**k yourself.”The tweet came in response to another Nigel had posted an hour earlier in regards to his views on Net Zero.Last night he wrote: “I am launching a new campaign to kill off Boris Johnson’s ruinous green agenda. “We demand a referendum on Net Zero.“Read all about it in the Mail on Sunday,” he added with a screenshot of the article attached.

Selome Hailu CBS has given a pilot order to “Rust Belt News,” a comedy written and executive produced by Matt Warburton.The single-camera series is set in a small Ohio town where the local newspaper goes out of business, leaving the ambitious, angsty reporters of the high school newspaper as the only people left to report on scandals, dig up corruption and generally polish the rust off their rust-belt community.Along with Warburton, executive producers include Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo on behalf of Alloy Entertainment. Warner Bros.

MyLondon. READ MORE: ITV Emmerdale's Aaron Anthony's exit 'confirmed' as Ellis Chapman set to leave village But the end of soap stardom didn't mean the end of moneymaking for these deep-pocketed actors. Some of them have stuck around British towns or have left for sunnier climes in Malibu.

Apple's latest comedy, The Afterparty, hits the ground running - unless you're murder victim Xavier who hits it with a sickening thud and surrounded, somewhat surreally, by discarded scampi.

Two fans of actress Ana de Armas are suing the studio behind the 2019 film "Yesterday" after "Blade Runner" star was cut out of the final release.  The actress appeared in the trailer for the film about a young singer and songwriter who wakes up one day to find that the world had somehow forgotten the music of The Beatles. Seizing the opportunity, he suddenly becomes a worldwide sensation when he passes off their music as his own.  According to the complaint, which was obtained by Fox News Digital, Conor Woulfe, 38, of Maryland, and Peter Michael Rosza, 44, of San Diego County, Calif.

Ana de Armas kept it casual when she was spotted out and about in sunny Los Angeles this week running errands.The 33-year-old Bond girl warded off the January chill in a cozy-looking Late Checkout sweater that retails online for€220 ($249.64).She swept her luxurious dark hair into a ponytail, shading her face with a baseball cap and accessorizing with a black handbag that matched her leggings. Stepping out:Ana de Armas kept it casual when she was spotted out and about in sunny Los Angeles this week running errandsHer latest outing comes after Ana's movie career became the subject of a bizarre class action lawsuit being brought against Universal Pictures.Two people who saw the movie Yesterday were apparently incensed that Ana was included in the ads for the movie but cut from the final version that they saw.

Two fans have filed a consumer protection class action lawsuit alleging what it terms “deceptive, and misleading advertising” for Universal’s 2019 movie Yesterday.

Two fans of Ana de Armas are suing Universal Pictures for cutting her out of “Yesterday”.

Two of Ana de Armas fans aren’t happy about her appearance in 2019′s Yesterday being cut from the film, so, they’re suing.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterTwo fans filed a federal class action lawsuit on Friday alleging they were duped into renting the 2019 film “Yesterday” because Ana de Armas appeared in the trailer.Conor Woulfe, 38, of Maryland, and Peter Michael Rosza, 44, of San Diego County, Calif., say they each paid $3.99 to rent the movie on Amazon Prime, only to discover that de Armas was removed from the final cut of the film.The suit accuses Universal of engaging in deceptive marketing, and seeks to recoup at least $5 million on behalf of affected consumers.“Because consumers were promised a movie with Ana De Armas by the trailer for ‘Yesterday,’ but did not receive a movie with any appearance of Ana de Armas at all, such consumers were not provided with any value for their rental or purchase,” the lawsuit states. “Yesterday” stars Himesh Patel as Jack Malik, a singer-songwriter who, through a supernatural occurrence, is the only person on Earth who remembers the Beatles.

We’re just going to put it out here – Love Actually is the best Christmas movie ever.

It’s like a classic rom-com plot. Estranged couple still love each other but can’t make it work. Then he gets accused of participating in his friend’s sex trafficking ring and having coerced sex with an underage girl. She helps protect him from legal consequences. And they remember why they fell in love in the first place.

Ed Sheeran wasn’t the first choice for “Yesterday”.

Ed Sheeran has said that he was “third choice” for the role in Richard Curtis’ Yesterday.The musical played a version of himself in the 2019 film but has now revealed that both Harry Styles and Chris Martin were initially chosen ahead of him.Speaking on BBC Radio 1’s ‘Kids Ask Difficult Questions’ segment, Sheeran said: “They asked Chris Martin, he said no, they asked Harry Styles, he said no, and I was third choice.”He continued: “Yesterday was funny though because Richard Curtis wrote it and he lives in Suffolk and he knows me and my wife very well.

Prince Philip 'saddened' as royals seen 'as a soap opera' amid Megxit“I think just to slavishly repeat what we did before wouldn’t work very well.“It would look like a bunch of middle aged men trying to do what we did 25 years ago.“You’d have to find a different way of doing it, what that would be, who knows?”The hit show, written by Ben Elton, Richard Curtis and Rowan, ran for four series from 1983 to 1989.The former had previously ruled out writing new episodes of the sketch.Following the success of the show, Tony went on to host several historical documentaries including the Channel 4’s Time Team.Last month, the show’s creator Tim Taylor and archaeologist Prof Carenza Lewis confirmed the return of the classic programme after fans raised