News about Gemma Arterton

The age rating for Star Wars movie The Phantom Menace has been toughened up from a U to a PG by film classifiers, ahead of 25th anniversary screenings. It includes violent scenes which show villain Darth Maul chopped in half by a lightsaber and Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn being stabbed through the torso. As a result, the British Board of Film Classification has tightened up the age classification for the film, with a warning the film includes 'moderate violence, mild threat'. The BBFC said a 'key consideration' for the raising of the classification was the 'strength of violence' in the film. It added the violent scenes in the film 'fit more comfortably' with a PG rating. Recent research by the film body showed that on-screen violence was of 'increased concern' to audiences. This research has helped shape the new classification guidelines that are introduced next month.

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According to studies published by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) for the most recent update to its classification policies, attitudes toward cinematic violence and risqué content have remained stubborn in the last five years. According to the film ratings board, it may need higher ratings for violent and sexual scenes (Vita & Virginia, bottom right), but films' attitudes towards the use of cannabis and solvents have softened since its last rule revision in 2019, which has less stringent ratings. As a result, kid blockbuster Bumblebee (bottom left) and James Bond classic From Russia With Love (top right) will be rated from a PG to a 12A in 2024, but Bob Marley's One Love (top left) got a 10A and was released as a 12A.

In a Maxim de Winter sort of way, EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: He would appear to be highly suited for social success, being both charming and handsome. However, that hasn't stopped Piers Dunhill, the great grandson of tobacco magnate Sir Alfred Dunhill, from adding an unfortunate twist to his curriculum vitae. I'm told that his 5 Hertford Street, London's most fashionable club, is coming to an end. 'His membership has been withheld,' one of Dunhill's supporters tells me, adding that the 29-year-old had been given warnings about "conducting business" at the Mayfair club, which has welcomed visitors from George and Amal Clooney to Kate Moss and various sprigs of the aristocracy since its opening in 2012.

On Friday, Gemma Arterton seemed to be having the time of her life. On the set of Funny Woman, the talented actress, 38, was dressed in a 1960s raincoat as she shot demonstration scenes for series two in Manchester. Gemma wore a shiny blue double breasted mac, while her dark hair was obscured under a dazzling blonde wig that she covered with a vintage green baker boy cap.

On Monday, Gemma Arterton returned to filming for the second series of Funny Woman in Bolton, Manchester, becoming a Sixties comedian. The actress, 38, hid her dark hair under a sparkly blonde wig, which she capped with a green bakerboy hat. She wore a matching retro blue and green striped minidress with thick white tights underneath for her costume.

Strawberry Fields, opposite Daniel Craig, has risen to a brisk pace in Quantum of Solace. Gemma Arterton, on the other hand, is now in danger of being restricted to the slower lane after being arrested while driving in her Toyota. On the A270, a road that alternates between dual and single carriageways, the British actress, 37, has been charged with exceeding the 30 mph speed limit.

Miriam Margolyes has paid tribute to Matthew Perry with a humourous X-rated clip following the Friends actor's unexpected death at the age of 54. Kerbby, the well-known actress, 82, appeared in a resurfaced interview with Perry and actress Gemma Arterton from The Graham Norton show in 2016. After Perry's unexpected death over the weekend after he was discovered in his Los Angeles home, the world has been stunned, with many people rushing to pay their respects to the beloved actor.

She is well-known for her sense of style. During the premiere of her new film The Critic, Gemma Arterton, 37, demonstrated her effortlessly chic style on Monday. The actress wore a sheer jacket and a pair of black satin trousers at the Toronto International Film Festival, looking stunning.

DEN CONFIDENTIAL: Lord Monson (pictured) thought he'd won his big Hollywood break when a chance meeting at his London club, the Travellers, resulted in an invitation to Tinseltown. Nicholas Monson tells me, 'I mentioned The Palace Diaries,' referring to the book he ghost-wrote for Sarah Goodall, who used to work for Prince of Wales.' Monson, 67, was stunned that his clubland acquaintance later called to say he had read the book and sent it to his associates - in Hollywood. Monson, a day or two later, was crossing the road as the first of his sons died in the hands of the Kenyan police, who then lied in an attempt to avoid arrest. The peer, who tried to recover, was unable to move ahead, but his feet were left rooted to the ground.'

The actress, 37, confessed to being less vocal about feminism before the #MeToo movement and expressed her dissatisfaction with the industry's 'hypocrisy.' Although things are getting better, she said that there are already "old dinosaurs" with outdated attitudes and habits, and that "tragic" people are already suffering from misogyny.

Fans are expected to receive a new dose of criminal underworld drama in the form of Peaky Blinders' Dope Girls, according to reports. The BBC is said to be working on a series based on a single mother's genuine tale of how she created a string of London nightspots that encouraged drug use. Both male and female punters were able to these illicit hotspots, cocaine, and opium.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Sabrina is the inspiration for Gemma Arterton's bubbly adolescent actress Barbara in Funny Woman, which is based on British film actress Diana Dors. Barbara is up for a challenge, irreverent and sarcastic. She also has the double-Davantages that made Sabrina so briefly celebrated. No wonder the post-war showbiz establishment hasn't had no idea what to do with her. Funny Woman, with a Morwenna Banks stinging script, revels in all the raunchy sexism of the 1960s while mocking the guys who assumed every attractive female figure was topped off by a head full of air.

On Wednesday, the actress, 37, arrived on stage to perform at the Funny Woman screening at The Electric Cinema in London. Since recently welcoming her first child in December, she appeared to be in a chic plunging black blazer dress.

Gemma Arterton has confirmed that she gave birth to her first child in December. The surprise birth announcement came on the heels of the actress' pregnancy announcement, which took place in November. Gemma, who is best known for her Bond girl appearances and big screen debuts in the St Trinian's likes, had managed to hold her major news under wraps for months leading up to her red carpet appearance.

Gemma Arterton has announced that she welcomed her first child in December. During a public appearance in November, the actress announced the good news of her son's birth on Wednesday. We are so happy because he was born right before Christmas.' Gemma gushed at a little Christmas elf.

"Quantum of Solace" star Gemma Arterton has revealed she welcomed her first child in December, calling her baby son "a little Chiristmas elf!" On Monday, the 37-year-old told BBC Radio 2's Zoe Ball that she and her partner Rory Keenan, who appeared in "Peaky Blinders," are "very, very happy." Arterton revealed she was pregnant only in November when she first arrived at the Raindance Film Festival awards wearing a navy maxi skirt and shirt that seamlessly skimmed over her blossoming bump. She arrived at the BBC studios wearing a pink satin minidress with matching satin coat, pink heels, and sheer black tights. She also shared how gorgeous she looked as Ball congratulated her on the happy family news. Arterton chuckled, "The strength of the paintbrush has ruled." She is a first-time mother in 2023 and joins Stacey Dooley and Molly-Mae Hague as a first-time mother.

Gemma Arterton, the A-lister actress who appeared in Quantum of Solace as a Bond girl, will appear in Nick Hornby's book version of Funny Girl (main). The series also stars an almost unrecognisable Rupert Everett, reuniting with Gemma after they worked together on her first film, St Trinian's (inset)

Women never get to be able to write amusing characters that also get laughs, according to the About A Boy book. Though Lucille Ball paved the way for generations of female comedians in the United States, British actors did not have the same early role models. We didn't have that until Pamela Stephenson and French and Saunders came along,' he said. The book Funny Girl, a young woman attempting to debut herself as a comedian in the 1960s, has been turned into a Sky series starring Gemma Arterton. Sophie [Miss Arterton's character] isn't often allowed to be funny, and even less so in the Sixties, so she's kind of throwing over her beauty in order to mug up and allow herself to be comedic,' he said.

They met first together in the filming of St Trinian's. Gemma Arterton and Rupert Everett have joined forces once more for Sky's new series Funny Woman, in which she plays a beauty queen on TV fame. It's really a youth reunion for the St Trinian's, with chief Ol Parker, headmistress Rupert, and tearaway Gemma all recalled up to the drama 15 years ago.

RICHARD EDEN: Gemma Arterton (pictured left) was 'excited' but also 'terrified' when she was portrayed as Sixties icon Dusty Springfield (pictured right and inset with Des O'Connor) in a film about the legendary pop singer's colourful life. Now, however, I can reveal that the film was cancelled after the director, Phyllis Nagy, who was nominated for an Oscar in 2016, dropped out of the project amid a great mystery. Phyllis is no longer constructing the novel,' says a Nagy spokesman who was also supposed to write the screenplay.'

At the Raindance Film Festival awards last week, she revealed her pregnancy by showcasing her burgeoning baby bump. And now the news has come out actress Gemma Arterton, 36, has been seen cradling her baby bump as she and her partner Rory Keenan head to Covent Garden in London on Monday afternoon. In a navy knee-length dress with cream striped detailing on the low waist line and the hem, the St Trinians actress appeared effortlessly chic, despite her partner's arm linking arms as she walked with her beau. Gemma wore a navy midi-length trench coat with large lapels and a ruffled effect on the hem. She matched it with a pair of black Stuart Weitzman knee-high suede boots, one of which had a tiny bit of a heel.

Gemma Arterton has confirmed that she and her partner Rory Keenan are expecting their first child. After rumors that she was pregnant, the 36-year-old actress made the announcement on Thursday by showing her burgeoning baby bump at the Raindance Film Festival awards. In an all-black look and cradled her bump for the cameras, the St Trinians actress looked stunning on the red carpet at Middle Eight, London.

Gemma Arterton is the former Bond girl who was once unsure if she wanted children, but she now appears to be pregnant. When chatting to a friend in London's bustling Soho district, the actress, 36, was seen caressing her rounded stomach. She patted the bump with her hand, sporting a tight black maternity top, leggings, and a Burberry trench coat.