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Keira Knightley recently reflected on one of the most iconic scenes from Love Actually and shared why she felt there was a “creep factor” attached.

During an interview with the Los Angeles Times, published Friday, Knightley, who starred in the classic 2003 romantic comedy when she was 17, spoke about the cue card scene that she shared with actor Andrew Lincoln.

In the film, Knightley’s Juliet, a newlywed who marries Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor) at the start of the film, opens the door of her home to see Peter’s friend Mark (Lincoln), who goes on to profess his love for her through cue cards.

“The slightly stalkerish aspect of it — I do remember that,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “My memory is of [director] Richard [Curtis], who is now a very dear friend, of me doing the scene, and him going, ‘No, you’re looking at [Lincoln] like he’s creepy,’ and I’m like [in a dramatic whisper], ‘But it is quite creepy.’ And then having to redo it to fix my face to make him seem not creepy.”

When asked if she felt there was a “creep factor” attached to the scene, Knightley shared, “I mean, there was a creep factor at the time, right? Also, I knew I was 17. It only seems like a few years ago that everybody else realized I was 17.”

While Knightley says the scene was awkward for her at the time, she talked about how the film has become a beloved movie over the years. She also said she doesn’t watch the films she’s in.

“Most of my films I have either never seen or I have only seen once,” she said. “So it’s nothing against Love Actually.”

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Cynthia Erivo has Ariana Grande‘s back.

While in conversation at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival on behalf of the hit film Wicked on Friday, Erivo spoke about Grande’s past complaints about being cyberbullied for her appearance.

“I think cyber bullying is quite dangerous to be honest because it’s easy to be behind the computer and type words about a person you don’t know anything about,” Erivo said. “I think that the more we can protect ourselves from that the better … the best way to support someone who is going through that is really to be a counterpoint to whatever is coming at that person – be the voice that is positive.”

Erivo also spoke about the bond she created with Grande in order for them to play Elphaba and Glinda in the musical film.

“We didn’t audition together. We met after the roles, and we spent time together before we started rehearsals,” Erivo said. “We decided that we were going to make sure we protected each other, that we were kind to one another, that we were going to work with each other and build a relationship which meant that when we were on set, we both felt really safe to play and to do the roles as we needed.”
 

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Ready, set, binge! Here’s a look at some of the new movies and TV shows streaming this weekend:

Disney+
Skeleton Crew: Return to a galaxy far, far away for the premiere of the new Star Wars series starring Jude Law.

Jung Kook: I Am Still the Original: Go behind the scenes of a major K-pop star in the documentary series.

Netflix
Black Doves: Want to watch something different this Christmas? Keira Knightley leads this six-episode winter thriller.

A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter: If you’re in the mood for something more traditional, celebrate the holiday season with one of the year’s breakout pop stars. Peppermint espresso martinis, anyone?

Hulu
Paris Has Fallen: Based on the popular films, an unlikely duo saves the French capital in the new series.

Prime Video
The Sticky: Esteemed character actress Margo Martindale stars in the new comedy-drama series.

That’s all for this week’s Weekend Watchlist – happy streaming!

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A new version of Scrubs is in the works.

A reboot of the early 2000’s medical comedy is being developed by show creator Bill Lawrence for ABC and 20th Television, Good Morning America has learned.

Scrubs, in its original airing, featured the story of the medical staff of Sacred Heart Hospital — including interns, doctors and other employees — from the point of view of main character, J.D. Dorian, played by Zach Braff.

Alongside Braff, Scrubs starred Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn and more.

The show aired on NBC for seven seasons and on ABC for two more. It was honored with a Peabody Award in 2006.

In October, Lawrence told Deadline that his vision for the reboot would see the show revisit the established characters 15 years later — with some of the original cast in talks to return — and introduce new “super-idealistic” interns as well. He noted, “I think that … it would be a giant mistake not to do as a combo of those two things.”

Along with his work on Scrubs, Lawrence has also co-created hit shows like Ted Lasso and Shrinking.

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The next chapter of the Wizarding World will begin shooting this summer, Warner Bros. Discovery announced Thursday. The upcoming Harry Potter TV series, which will reboot the franchise, starts filming in Leavesden, England, in summer 2025. Showrunner Francesca Gardiner and director Mark Mylod revealed during a presentation on Thursday that 32,000 children have auditioned for the lead roles of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, and that the casting team is reviewing 500 to 1,000 audition tapes per day to find the perfect trio …

Actors and married partners Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood are going to play a fictional couple in the new TV seres Duo, a drama that’s being developed for NBC, Deadline reports. Wood wrote the project, which has found Rina Mimoun to serve as showrunner. The show follows a blue-collar worker who crosses paths with a magnetic performer and begins a partnership that changes them forever …

Julie Bowen has found her next TV show. The Modern Family actress and Emmy winner is set to star in the new half-hour comedy Taste for NBC and Universal Television, according to Deadline. The show follows employees at a food magazine in the Bay Area who encounter changes when the publication is bought by a Silicon Valley tech mogul …

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Go back to 1999 with Kyle Mooney‘s new film, Y2K.

The A24 release, which arrives in theaters on Friday, is Mooney’s directorial debut. He told ABC Audio the actual Y2K was kind of a letdown, but he “was sort of kind of minorly obsessed with it.”

The phenomenon “always was in the back of my head,” Mooney said. “One day, New Year’s Day 2019, I had the small seed of an idea of this movie about teenagers who go to a high school party and Y2K actually happens.”

From that seed of an idea the film was born. Mooney wrote it with his collaborator Evan Winter, who was just as excited as he was to bring their adolescence to the big screen.

“I think the premise of our movie feels like such a sort of obvious idea. It’s sort of surprising that nobody’s done this. Nobody’s explored Y2K and that sort of alternate history where things do go bad,” Mooney said. “There’s not a ton of stuff where you get to see 1999, 2000 era in the movies. So it was fun for us to relive that.”

Did this disaster comedy come from Mooney’s actual real-life fears about what would happen on Y2K? Perhaps subconsciously, he said.

“My mom, I remember she was a little fearful. She bought a bunch of jugs of water and some Kudos bars and stuffed them in the pantry just in case anything awful went down,” Mooney said. He imagined “maybe the supermarkets would be closed for a day or something like that.”

“And then when nothing happened, it was like kind of life goes on,” Mooney said. “I was probably just trying to, you know, instant message my crush or whatever.”

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The 30th Critics Choice Awards TV nominations were released on Thursday, and, much like this year’s Emmy’s, Shōgun leads the pack.

The FX and Hulu series is nominated for six awards, while several other shows came away with four nominations each, including Abbott Elementary, Disclaimer, Hacks, The Penguin, The Diplomat and What We Do in the Shadows.

Netflix has the most nominations out of all networks and streaming platforms, coming away with 23, while HBO and Max follow closely behind with 21.

The nominations for the Critics Choice Awards film categories will be announced on Dec. 12, while the actual awards show will take place on Jan. 12 in Santa Monica, California. Chelsea Handler hosts the event, which will air live on E! and stream the next day on Peacock. 

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A trailer for the Doctor Who Christmas special “Joy to the World” is out with a supernatural flare.

Ncuti Gatwa and Nicola Coughlan star in the brand-new trailer, released by Disney+ on Thursday. Gatwa plays the Doctor, his role in the long-running BBC series, adventuring through various worlds and time periods with Coughlan, who plays Joy.

Along with Gatwa and Coughlan, the special will star Steph de Whalley as Anita, Jonathan Aris playing Melnak, Joel Fry in the role of Trev, Peter Benedict playing Basil, Julia Watson playing Hilda and Niamh Marie Smith playing Sylvia.

“When Joy checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel — discovering danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas,” a synopsis for the special reads.

The special will premiere on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, at 12:10 p.m. ET.

In the action-packed trailer, the Doctor is seen greeting Joy by barging into her hotel room.

Throughout the trailer, various characters ask the Doctor an array of questions about his intentions and his identity, to which he responds each time, “You’ll find out.”

“You have to be mysterious all the time,” a lookalike of the Doctor says to him at one point. “That’s why everyone leaves you, that is why you’re always alone.”

The phrase “Who brings Joy to the worlds” then flashes across the screen, an apparent play on Coughlan’s character’s name as she enters a strange new world.

Alex Sanjiv Pillai directed the project and former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat wrote and executive produced the special. Russell T Davies is showrunner and executive producer.

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A trailer for Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was has been released, giving fans a peak of what to expect from the Netflix special.

The clip starts with a compilation of news clips and reports about Jamie Foxx‘s sudden hospitalization in 2023, before transitioning to the live show, in which he stands before the audience and announces his return to standup comedy after recovering from a mysterious health complication. 

“I’m back! And I’m so glad to see you all here. I’m so glad to be here. What had happened was,” he says, before the trailer cuts off.

Further information about Jamie’s Netflix special is found in its description, which states that he “returns to the stage to set the record straight in a comedy event that celebrates resilience, humor, and the power of community.

“If he can stay funny, he can stay alive,” the logline concludes.

Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was debuts Dec. 10 on Netflix.

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Timothée Chalamet can’t quite believe that Bob Dylan has commented about his portrayal of Dylan in the upcoming film A Complete Unknown.

On Wednesday, Dylan tweeted about the film, noting that Timothée is “a brilliant actor,” adding, “so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me.” 

Well, now Timothée has responded to Dylan with a tweet of his own, writing, “Floored. I am so grateful. Thank you Bob.”

A Complete Unknown follows a 19-year-old Dylan as he arrives in New York from Minnesota and tracks his rise as a folk singer during the ’60s, ending with his electric rock ‘n’ roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. 

The film, directed by James Mangold, opens in theaters Dec. 25, with special early IMAX screenings starting Dec. 18.

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