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EXCLUSIVE: British comedy legend Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous, French and Saunders) will make her pantomime debut as Captain Hook in Peter Pan this winter holiday season at the world famous London Palladium.

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Dame Judi Dench says latest film about old age pays tribute to NHS staff

Dame Judi Dench has said her upcoming film Allelujah speaks to the “debt we owe” NHS staff. The veteran actress, 87, stars in the story about surviving old age alongside Absolutely Fabulous star Jennifer Saunders and Harry Potter’s David Bradley. Based on the stage play by Alan Bennett and written by Call The Midwife screenwriter Heidi Thomas, the film was directed by Sir Richard Eyre.

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Dame Judi Dench and Jennifer Saunders pose at Allelujah BFI premiere

Judi Dench was in good spirits as she posed alongside Jennifer Saunders at the European premiere of movie Allelujah during the 66th BFI London Film Festival at the Southbank Centre on Sunday. The actress, 87, showcased her chic sense of style in all black attire as she draped an elaborately patterned black and gold scarf over her shoulder. Fellow screen star Jennifer, 64, looked stylish in a black pinstripe suit, with the star wearing a long red and blue scarf to add a splash of colour to her look.

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‘Allelujah’ review: Hospital drama with Judi Dench and Jennifer Saunders flatlines

Toronto International Film Festival.Unless, of course, you holler, “Allelujah! It’s time to go home!”That’s because the dinky drama, about a struggling hospital for the elderly in England, gets steadily more depressing as it plods along. There’s nothing wrong with some silver screen sorrow, but not when it amounts to indecisive mush. Sure, it is a pleasure to see the boffo acting talent together — Jennifer Saunders, Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi and more — but they deserve so much better than hospital Jell-O. The creaky film began as a play at London’s Bridge Theatre by writer Alan Bennett, who also penned “The History Boys,” and much like the 2006 screen version of that show, “Allelujah,” directed by Richard Eyre, doesn’t comfortably make the leap to cinema.

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‘Allelujah’ Review: Not Enough Judi Dench In This Hospital Drama Searching For Urgency [TIFF]

TORONTO – Sometimes films with the best intentions just doesn’t come together. A great cast, a notable filmmaker, and fine source material don’t always coalesce.

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‘Allelujah’ Director Richard Eyre on Grappling With Old Age on Screen: ‘I Wanted to Avoid Any Patronizing Sentimentality’

Brent Lang Executive Editor “Allelujah,” Richard Eyre’s latest film, unfolds in a Yorkshire geriatric hospital, following a group of patients as they make peace with or rage against the indignities of old age. It’s a story that resonates with Eyre, a legendary stage and screen director. “I’m about to be 80,” he says. “So old age isn’t my consuming passion, but it’s a subject that has been forced on me and that has become difficult to ignore. I’m acutely aware of having outlived both my parents and many of my friends.” Perhaps unwittingly, “Allelujah,” which premieres this weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival, also serves as a showcase for a generation of English actors such as Judi Dench, David Bradley, and Derek Jacobi, who have all entered their ninth decades.

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'Not a good look!' Jim Broadbent discloses real reason he turned down OBE offer

Radio Times, he noted that there were more deserving recipients of an OBE than actors."We get treated well all the time," he explained."Actors who get these awards have all won lots of treats along the way doing what they love doing – they don’t need more presents."He then added: "But the main reason for turning it down is this..."Richard Eyre, when asked why he accepted his knighthood, said, 'Vanity'."And when I’m asked why I turned it down, I say the same."'Vanity. Not a good look.

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Queen branded Princess Diana's bombshell BBC interview a 'frightful thing to do'

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxThe Queen described Princess Diana's tell-all interview about her marriage as a "frightful thing to do", it has been claimed.The claims have been made in a new Channel 5 documentary that looks at BBC journalist Martin Bashir's bombshell Panorama sit-down with the Princess of Wales.When it was aired in November 1995, more than 20 million people tuned in including her mother-in-law.In a segment from The Interview That Shocked The World, former BBC governor Sir Richard Eyre, who was in charge of the broadcaster at the time, reveals the Monarch gave her verdict on the damning documentary.He said: "I had lunch with the Queen not long after

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‘Absolutely Fabulous’ Star Jennifer Saunders To Play Captain Hook In ‘Peter Pan’ Pantomime At London Palladium

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