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Emma Thompson cast to play Miss Trunchbull in Matilda 18 Jan, 2021 06:53 PM 2 minutes to read Pam Ferris played Miss Trunchbull in the 1996 adaptation. Photo / Supplied news.com.au Emma Thompson has been cast as Miss Trunchbull, in the screen-adaptation of the musical Matilda. Miss Trunchbull is the terrifying headmistress who bullied schoolgirls, occasionally swinging them around by their pigtails. "The best gender to play a woman, should be a woman," an executive on the film told the Daily Ma...

Percentage points and those people spent that money with a clear conscience. >> that was the 1983 screen adaptation of stephen kings "the dead zone" with martin sheen playing a politician named greg stillson. we know that is how stephen king sees the governor of maine who refuses to apologize for saying last week that stephen king moved to florida to avoid paying state income taxes in maine. stephen king is a life long resident of maine and says he has paid more than $1 million in state taxes in...

Forget about that. first alert forecast across the northeast put the map in motion. showers cutting down across the ohio valley. nice day, certainly cooler and not feeling like summer. down to the southeast, a warm day, genesee a few showers firing as the day heats up. humid, warm and summer. thats whats down there. all right, guys, send it back over to you. >> thanks, rick. >> from broadway to the big screen. jersey boys singing and dancing its way into the theaters today, watch. >> just listen...

His account, he was tweeting from the alec baldwin foundations account. some of them, theyre going a little quick, but some of them say -- and theyre all laced with expletives -- "my wife and i attend a funeral to pay respects for an old friend and some toxic brit writes this [ expletive ] trash." "my wife did not use her phone at our friends funeral. good luck to all of you who know the truth." anyway, twitter account has now been taken down altogether. so, there you have it, mr. and mrs. baldw...

Wrr. >> truman capote "breakfast at tiffanys" better known for the screen adaptation with katharine hepbu hepburn. but now its on broadway. >> george wendt is the bar owner, and take a look as the two reminisce about holly. >> good to see that shirt. >> i loved her, but it wasnt that i wanted to touch her. im not crazy. i knew how it was, and i swear that never crossed my mind with holly. you can love someone without it being like that. just keep them a stranger, a stranger who sis a friend.

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Miss. >> if you are looking for a good movie over the holiday. hollywood unleashing serious star power in the box office. >> we tried to introduce a little bit of sugar and it was going off of the rails of the craze train. >> what did you do? >> you gave them cake. >> i gave them slivers. >> family comemmedy parental guidance finds billie kristol and bette midler who have to embrace pop culture to connect with three grand kids. ♪ ♪ many of us anticipating the big screen adaptation of les mis...

> we just talked about if she would back you on the positions if they conflicted with hers or if she was prepared for her to change. no policy questions. >> you guys didnt grill her because you wanted it to work. >> i was in charge of the fed, nicole. >> thats a scene from game change, the screen adaptation of the book. it premiers saturday night at 9:00 p.m. on hbo. joining me now the emmy-winning director of game change, one of the authors of the book that inspired the movie and senior adviser...

> we just talked about if she would back you on the positions if they conflicted with hers or if she was prepared for her to change. no policy questions. >> you guys didnt grill her because you wanted it to work. >> i was in charge of the fed, nicole. >> thats a scene from game change, the screen adaptation of the book. it premiers saturday night at 9:00 p.m. on hbo. joining me now the emmy-winning director of game change, one of the authors of the book that inspired the movie and senior adviser...