Emma Thompson might have been making headlines this week due to her surprise revelation about Donald Trump “stalking” her and trying to ask her out on a date when she was making “Primary Colors”, but she also stunned Locarno with her acceptance speech – delivered entirely in Italian. “I’ve written something for you,” she said, before switching to English for …
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Emma Thompson has accepted Academy Awards, Baftas and even a damehood over a glittering career, but there was one offer she had to turn down. The actor says she once got asked out on a date by Donald Trump on the same day her divorced was confirmed. Thompson said she was in her trailer filming Primary Colors in 1998, a …
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British actor Emma Thompson was asked out on a date by Donald Trump the same day she divorced from her husband, the Oscar-winner has claimed. British actor Emma Thompson mused she could have changed the course of American history had she accepted Donald Trump’s dinner invite. (AP) Thompson, 66, was being honored for her career achievements at the Locarno Film …
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Emma Thompson says she once got asked out by President Donald Trump. She said she’d get back to him, but never did. The Oscar-winning British actress spoke about the experience on Friday, Aug 9. at the Locarno Film Festival. Sharing the anecdote with a crowd in Locarno, Switzerland, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Thompson explained that she was filming …
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Emma Thompson discussed her career, including getting a call from Donald Trump, her days doing stand-up comedy, including jokes about herpes and Margaret Thatcher, Sense and Sensibility, and the Monica Lewinsky scandal playing out during the Primary Colors shoot in Locarno, Switzerland on Saturday. She appeared in front of a huge and hugely excited crowd after on Friday evening joining …
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Donald Trump asked Emma Thompson on a date, the Oscar-winning actor revealed at Locarno Film Festival. “A phone rang in my trailer, and it was Donald Trump. I thought it was a joke. ‘Hi, it’s Donald Trump here,’” Thompson revealed. “I said, ‘How can I help you?’ I thought he needed directions. He said: ‘I would love for you to …
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Emma Thompson told an intriguing story this morning at the Locarno Film Festival, where this year she is a guest of honor, that featured what she described as a creepy encounter with the 47th President, Donald Trump. Speaking to a packed audience for a career Q&A, Thompson was asked about shooting the 1998 Mike Nichols feature Primary Colors. One day …
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Two-time WNBA All-Star Emma Meesseman has committed to signing with the New York Liberty, a league source confirmed to The Athletic, bringing the European star back to the league for the first time since 2022. When exactly Meesseman will suit up for New York remains uncertain, as her arrival will be subject to the length of time it takes for …
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Alexa PhilippouJul 21, 2025, 01:48 PM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer Emma Meesseman, the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP who hasn’t appeared in the league since 2022, …
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Former “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson has been banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding.The 35-year-old British actress and activist was clocked driving her blue Audi at 38 miles per hour in a 30-mph zone in Oxford, England, on the evening of July 31 last year.She did not appear for the brief hearing at High Wycombe Magistrates’ …
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