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From Harry Styles to Emma Roberts: How celebrity readers became the book influencers we didn’t know we needed

From viral visits to independent bookstores to social media posts, celebrities have cast their light on their favorite reads, and on the book world at large. Clémence Michallon investigates

The Independent UK

Why these top agents are optimistic about the future of movies

LOS ANGELES — It's an uncertain time in the movie business, with box office, streaming and corporate consolidation all in a state of flux. That's kept life interesting for Hollywood talent agents like Joel Lubin and Maha Dakhil, the co-heads of Creative Artists Agency's motion picture group.

Los Angeles Times

Streaming: the best love triangle films

Claire Denis’s Both Sides of the Blade, starring Juliette Binoche, joins other classics where three’s a crowd, from The Piano to The Favourite

The Guardian - UK

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Apartment above Hugh Grant’s travel bookshop in Notting Hill on sale for £2.375 million

The Travel Bookshop, run by Will (Hugh Grant) in Notting Hill is where he and Anna (Julia Roberts) meet.

Evening Standard

‘It was partly my fault and a little bit of hers’: Nick Nolte reflects on ‘absurd’ on-set feud with Julia Roberts

Roberts had called Nolte ‘disgusting’ in a Nineties interview

The Independent UK

Nina Metz: Where have all the Hollywood movie ads gone?

A few weeks ago, an item crossed my Twitter about the new rom-com “Ticket to Paradise,” starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, passing the $100 million mark in global box office. The reason I saw this on my timeline? Because someone had quote-tweeted it to note: “I literally have heard…

Chicago Tribune

Notting Hill flat over bookshop featured in rom-com classic on market for almost £2.4m

The three-bedroom property is set over three floors on Portobello Road in West London, above the blue-fronted shop which provided the exterior for the Travel Book Co shop in the 1999 movie

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Apartment above famous bookshop in romcom Notting Hill can be yours – for £2.4m

Shop has retained facade from when film was made

Wales Online

Gender equality in rom-coms

What’s the secret to George Clooney and Julia Roberts’ successful chemistry? Being peers

Salon

Drugs, impotence and punching Justin Trudeau: things we learned from Matthew Perry’s memoir

From romancing Julia Roberts via fax to 6,000 AA meetings, plus some truly harrowing health catastrophes, the Friends star’s autobiography is a bombshell read. Here are the highlights

The Guardian - UK

Trouble in paradise: how we fell for, broke up with, and got back together with the rom-com

From our Nineties infatuation to our later more mature relationship, we’ve always loved them - just not always been able to show it

Evening Standard

Julia Roberts left 'cringing' over Matthew Perry's revelations about their romantic life

Julia Roberts is reportedly 'embarrassed' and 'disappointed' following the release of Matthew Perry's explosive new book which details their 'romance'

Daily Mirror

Death is one of the fax of life, as Ofcom effectively brings the noisy office machine's reign to an end

The watchdog backs the removal of facsimile services from legislation governing the provision of telecommunications

Wales Online

The unlikely bond between Julia Roberts and Martin Luther King Jr

The civil rights activist and his wife paid the hospital bill for the birth of the actor because her parents couldn’t afford it

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Martin Luther King Jr. paid the bill for Julia Roberts' birth. Here's the backstory

As fans marked Julia Roberts' birthday last week, they also uncovered a connection between her family and that of the civil rights icon. It all started when her parents opened an acting school.

The Guardian - UK

Fax for the memories: Ofcom backs death warrant for 80s office staple

Communications watchdog supports removal of fax services from rules governing telecoms provision

The Independent UK

The most shocking celebrity Halloween costumes, from Billie Eilish to Heidi Klum

Hollywood’s Halloween moodboard this year included cartoon and anime characters, superheroes, as well as pop culture icons

Los Angeles Times

When Julia Roberts was born, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King paid the bill

Today in random celebrity facts, we learn who paid the hospital bill for Julia Roberts’ parents when she was born in 1967.

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The Independent UK

Julia Roberts reveals Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta King paid for her hospital bill when she was born

‘They all became friends and they helped us out of a jam,’ Roberts said about her parents’ relationship with the two activists.

Daily Mirror

Mum represented herself and won £60k after Morrisons 'tried to demote her' while pregnant

Mum Donna Patterson, 38, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, successfully represented herself despite having no legal training in her battle with Morrisons and won over £60,000

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Black Adam’ Takes Top Spot at Box Office Again

“Black Adam,” the Dwayne Johnson-fronted DC superhero film, kept its hold on the No. 1 spot at the North American box office in its second weekend in theaters. Down 59% from its launch, and facing little new competition, “Black Adam” added $27.7 million in ticket sales, bringing its domestic total…

Daily Mirror

Julia Roberts revealed Martin Luther King Jr paid hospital bill for her birth

Julia Roberts' parents befriended Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King while they lived in Atlanta running a theatre school

The Independent UK

Halloween 2022: Best celebrity costumes from Kim Kardashian’s Mystique to Lizzo’s Marge Simpson

Hollywood’s Halloween moodboard this year included cartoon and anime characters, superheroes, as well as pop culture icons

The Independent UK

‘Black Adam’ takes top spot at box office again

“Black Adam,” the Dwayne Johnson-fronted DC superhero film, kept its hold on the No. 1 spot at the North American box office in its second weekend in theaters

Wales Online

Woman who loves Ricky Gervais names her cat after him

Mary Nesbitt-Larking and her mum Carrie have had a string of celebrity-named felines over the years - including Michael Jackson, Karl Pilkington, Julia Roberts and Kristen Stewart

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