Emma Thompson

New Brave trailer showcases Emma Thompson and Billy Connolly's roles

24 Apr 2012

A new trailer for Disney-Pixar's Brave is available, revealing a little more of the Highland-set story line. In it, we see a lot more of the dynamic between impetuous heroine Merida (Kelly Macdonald), her indulgent father King Fergus (Billy Connolly…

Preview of 2012 - Brave

Pixar’s highland fling has a lot of heart

6 Jan 2012

After dropping the ball with Cars 2 last summer – the only one of their 12 feature-length releases so far to have been deemed a bit lacklustre – the award-winning animation house will be looking to score big again with Brave. Set in the misty and…

New Pixar film Brave set in Scottish highlands

Stars Kelly MacDonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane

17 Nov 2011

Pixar – the CG animation powerhouse behind hits such as Finding Nemo, Up and Wall-E – are turning their attention to Scottish shores for their next feature, Brave. Due to be released on Fri 22 Jun 2012, it stars Kelly Macdonald as the voice of Merida, a…

Roadkill, The Author and 30 Days to Space worthy 2010 festival winners

Steve Cramer's Festival blog

7 Sep 2010

I know it’s not quite over, but with respect to the last couple of shows of the International Festival, now might be the time for the Festival’s final report card. This year’s Festival, if it has shown some good work, still creates the uneasy feeling of…

Emma Thompson Presents Fair Trade

Verbatim ad nauseam

11 Aug 2010

This is, perhaps, not the place to go into the ethics of celebrities lending their names to worthy causes in the shape of theatre productions identifying social ills, but Emma Thompson might at least have chosen more carefully. This piece, taken from…

The Edinburgh Fringe shows taking human trafficking as a theme

Roadkill and Lost Boy amongst Fringe shows telling refugees' stories

29 Jul 2010

A celebrity endorsement works wonders for your box office and all power to Shatterbox for getting Emma Thompson to put her name to its production of Fair Trade. But that show is only the most high profile in an unprecedented wave of Fringe productions…

Secret shoe smuggler Emma Thompson

Celebrity Gossip

22 Mar 2010

Emma Thompson has to hide new shoes from her husband. The British actress - who is married to her 'Sense and Sensibility' co-star Greg Wise - loves buying lavish footwear and has come up with several novel ways of smuggling new pairs into her home…

Profile: Emma Thompson

19 Mar 2010

Name Emma Thompson Born 15 April 1959, London. Background Her mum Phyllida Law is a respected Scottish actress who has appeared alongside her wee lassie in The Winter Guest and Peter’s Friends while her dad Eric only went and created The Magic…

Festival Timeline

Claire Sawers jogs down memory lane with some landmark Festival moments

13 Jul 2009

62 years of Festival memories, including the debut of a young comedy troop with a future Oscar winner in its ranks and a love affair with a pig.

Last Chance Harvey

28 May 2009

Dustin Hoffman embodied middle class Jewish 1960s rebellion as soon as he sullenly stepped onto an airport travelator in the opening scene of The Graduate. From the writer-director of 2001’s Jump Tomorrow, Joel Hopkins’ resurrection of sorts opens with…

Emma Thompson's tough love

Celebrity Gossip

28 Dec 2008

Emma Thompson says falling in love when you are older is "very frightening". The 49-year-old actress - who married actor Greg Wise in 2003 - insists coping with the stress of finding a new partner gets more difficult with age. Emma, who is…

Brideshead Revisited

2 Oct 2008

DRAMA Julian Jarrold’s revamp of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel pares back the opulent trimmings of the television series to expose the bare bones of Waugh’s lament for the civilised past. Charting blithe social-climber Charles Ryder (Matthew…

No age concern for Emma Thompson

Celebrity Gossip

1 Oct 2008

Emma Thompson likes getting older. The 49-year-old actress insists her advancing years are more of a blessing than a curse as she is now more relaxed about her career. She said: "I feel that my age and station give me a certain amount of leg room.

Tutti Frutti - feature

Cult fiction

12 Sep 2006

Steve Cramer talks to John Byrne about history, our relationship with the past and his new stage adaptation of his cult television hit, Tutti Frutti.