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#AdelMo

I always love a story with a happy ending.

Adele is currently playing huge sell-out concerts in Australia as part of her world tour.

Also currently in Australia is Sesame Street star Elmo and he’s been on TV and social media saying he’s a huge fan of Adele and he’d love to meet her and sing a duet of Rolling in the Deep.

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Ethel and Ernest team adapt Michael Morpurgo book

For me, one of the best things on TV over the Christmas period was the feature animation Ethel and Ernest, based in the book by Raymond Briggs.

Now the team that created that film are working on a new project based on Michael Morpurgo’s story Kensuke’s Kingdom.

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Spielberg, Hanks and Streep

Sometimes lightning strikes as a film is put together and you know it’s going to be one that’s going to garner loads of attention.

So when it’s announced Steven Spielberg is going to direct Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in a new film you sit up and take notice. Because with that amount of talent involved, surely it can’t go wrong.

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That’s A Wrap!: Oscars 2018, Dreamgirls, Steve Martin and more

In this week’s That’s A Wrap podcast, Angie Greaves and I take a look at the films that could be competing at the 2018 Oscars.

Could we see Harry Styles at the Academy Awards with Dunkirk? I also tip new films starring Matt Damon, Jennifer Lawrence, Brie Larson and Hugh Jackman to feature.

There’s news on the official Dreamgirls soundtrack with Amber Riley, how you can be taught comedy by Steve Martin, Miranda Hart’s new children’s book and my thoughts on Logan – Hugh Jackman’s final film as Wolverine.

Plus we’re talking about Trolls 2 with Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick, The Good Fight heads to the UK, congratulations to Kenneth Branagh, a star from The Crown is set for a Mission: Impossible and Liam Neeson and Viola Davis look set to pair up on screen.

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